Environmental Geography

Rangelands of the desert Southwest can be in a degraded condition and lacking perennial vegetation, which can lead to exposed soil and erosion.

Pedology

February 3, 2021April 13, 2015 by Elizabeth Borneman

Pedology is closely related to edaphology (the study of the influence of soil on living organisms) and consists of the study of soils as they … Read more

Cataloochee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photo: NPS / Victoria Stauffenberg, public domain.

Appalachian Mountain Range

September 1, 2020January 14, 2012 by Caitlin Dempsey

The Appalachians, with a deeply rugged topography due to fluvial action, spreads over 1,800 miles from the Canadian border to the southern state of Alabama.

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