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THIS very careful study of the physical geography of the Chicago region is a model of the kind of foundation that is desirable for regional survey work, and as such it is likely to be of special value to the many British workers and teachers who are similarly interested in their own neighbourhoods. It is also of more general interest in containing many excellent diagrams and a series of folded maps showing relief, drainage, glaciation, and soils. The topics discussed include the great industrial area of the lake plain; the surrounding recreational areas; the pass to the Mississippi valley; the continental divide; the shore line of Lake Michigan; the buried landscape of the bedrock; the agricultural areas and soils; and the geological resources. A large base map specially prepared under the direction of Prof. J. P. Goode folds into a pocket on the back cover.
The Physiography of the Region of Chicago.
By F. M. Fryxell. Prepared by the University of Chicago Local Community Research Committee, and the chicago Commonwealth Club, for the committee on General Surveys of the Chicago Regional Planning Association. Pp. viii + 55. (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press; London: Cambridge University Press, 1927.) 12s. 6d. net.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 120, 689 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120689d0
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