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THIS is an excellent book, well produced and well illustrated, and should be of great value to geographers both for reading and reference. After three introductory chapters on the scope of climatology, the elements, and the factors of climate, the major part of the book is descriptive. The author first sets out the modern ideas on the classification of climates, especially those of K¶ppen, and then arranges his material according to the major climatic provinces—equatorial, tropical, tropical monsoon, etc., ending with two chapters on desert and mountain climates. This logical arrangement is probably the best for teaching purposes, though it breaks up the unity of the continents. The various climatic types and subtypes receive clear treatment, illustrated by charts and diagrams, and completed by paragraphs on the associated vegetation and cultivation;and each chapter is followed by a short bibliography and by two pages giving averages of temperature and rainfall for a number of typical stations. The book ends with an interesting chapter on changes of climate, and a very good index.
Climatology.
By A. Austin Miller. (Methuen's Advanced Geographies.) Pp. x + 304. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1931.) 12s. 6d. net.
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Climatology . Nature 128, 514 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128514a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/128514a0