Lakes of the World with Google Earth: Understanding our Environment - Softcover
Buch 14 von 35: Coastal Research Library
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction: General approach, and a short look at the diversity of lakes
2. Important pre-requisites for the existence of lakes: Basin and depression forming processes
2.1 Lake basins formed by endogenic processes: Tectonics, structural control and volcanism
2.1.1 Lake forms depending on tectonics and structural control
2.1.2 Lakes formed by volcanic processes
2.2 Lake basins and lakes formed by exogenic processes
2.2.1 Impact crater lakes
2.2.2 Lakes formed by karst processes
2.2.3 Lakes occurring along the coastlines of the world
2.2.4 Lakes formed by rivers
2.2.5 Lakes formed by glaciers and Ice Ages
3. Swamps, bogs and other wetlands
4. Saline lakes and saltpans
4.1. Saline lakes
4.2. Saltpans and related features
5. Lakes adapted to landscapes and climate
<5.1. Lakes (perennial, periodic or episodic) in dune landscapes and deserts5.2. Lakes and ponds in permafrost environments
6. Epilogue: History and future of lakes in times of climate change and rising World population
Index
Index
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