Ecosystems of Extremes Climate, Soils, and Sustainable Land Use in the Central-Eastern Sahara /
This book explores the environmental conditions, particularly the climate and soils, of one of the driest regions on earth, the Central-East of the Sahara. These factors control the ecosystems and determine the land's suitability for use. The area receives only 0.5 mm of precipitation annually...
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| Format: | Elektronički e-knjiga |
| Jezik: | engleski |
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Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer,
2025.
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| Izdanje: | 1st ed. 2025. |
| Serija: | Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
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| Online pristup: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76910-8 |
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Sadržaj:
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Climate
- Hydrology
- Geology and Lithology
- Landscape development
- Geomorphology
- General soil properties
- Physical weathering
- Genesis of soil cracks
- Soluble salts, gypsum and carbonates
- Soil typology
- Soil landscapes
- Ecological systems
- Land suitability for irrigated agriculture
- Appendix
- Index.