Physical Geography I

- the formation and structure of the Earth,
- volcanic rocks, plutonites and volcanoes,
- sediments and sedimentary rocks,
- metamorphic rocks,
- tectonics and plate tectonics,
- structural relief and isostasy,
- geological epochs,
- use of geological maps in geomorphology,
- weathering and sediment transport methods,
- relief of Slovenia (fluvial, karst, coastal and postglacial),
- the basic definitions of weather and climate,
- Earth and Solar system (the shape and size of Earth, the sistem Earth-Moon, Earth's motions),
- Earth's atmosphere (ozon layer and ozone hole),
- heating the Earth and atmosphere (selective absorption and greenhouse effect, insolation over the Globe, the global energy balance),
- air temperature (daily and annual cycles of air temperature, vertical distribution of air temperature and temperature inversion, world patterns of air temperature),
- air pressure and the general circulation of the Earth's atmosphere (cyclic changes in general circulation of atmosphere, regional and local winds),
- atmospheric moisture and precipitation (global precipitation patterns and precipitation regimes),
- world climates ( Low-, mid- and high latiude climates).

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• Stepišnik, U., 2020. Fizična geografija krasa Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete. COBISS.SI-ID – 28712195
• Strahler, A., 2011. Introducing Physical Geography. Hoboken, Wiley, 632 str. (ali katera druga izdaja tega učbenika) COBISS.SI-ID – 43394146
• Strahler, A., Potosnak, M., 2011. Laboratory Manual for Physical Geography. Hoboken, Wiley, 339 str. COBISS.SI-ID – 50941026
• Vodnik po naravni geografiji. 2005. Ljubljana, Tehniška založba Slovenije, 103 str. COBISS.SI-ID – 215511296
• Ogrin, D., 2012. Sončevo obsevanje Zemlje, vremenski in podnebni generator. Geografija v šoli, 21, 1–2, str. 43–50. COBISS.SI-ID – 50175586
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• Marsh, W. M., Kaufman, M. M., 2013. Physical Geography. Great Systems and Global Environments. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 633 str. COBISS.SI-ID – 49620322
Other current literature available in the e-classroom.