The landscape of England and Wales is full of variety, from the heights of Snowdonia to the flat, wet fenlands, from the bleakness of Dartmoor to the richness of the chalk downs. Goudie (geography, U. of Oxford) offers an up-to-date, detailed account of the physical geography of England and Wales, covering the geomorphology and geology of the area, showing how they are interrelated. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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From the heights of the Fells and Snowdonia to the flat fenlands of East Anglia, from the bleakness of Dartmoor to the abundance of the Weald - England and Wales show a variety of landscape unparalleled in the world. In this book Andrew Goudie describes how and why such a complexity of landforms evolved, covering the region's history from the earliest times to the present.
Fully illustrated with line drawings, maps an dphotographs, and written by one of the foremost scholars of his generation, this is a book that will both inform and entertain.
Andrew Goudie is Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. His previous books include The Nature of the Environment (fourth edition 1993) and The Human Impact (third edition 1990).
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