Transfers ToCSUDescriptionThis course explores the physical elements of geography. Topics include the basic characteristics of the physical environment, utilization of maps, elements of weather and climate, and the interrelationship of climate, vegetation, and soils, the spatial distribution of land-forms of the surface of the earth, plate tectonics, weathering, karst topography, mass wasting, and the impact of streams, wind, glaciers, and ocean processes on earth materials. The laboratory provides hands-on exercise in topics covered in the Physical Geography (Geog 001) course. This laboratory course deals with skills of collecting, analyzing, and displaying of geographic data, with a specific reference to Earth's energy balance, weather and climate, vegetation, tectonic processes, land-forms, and natural hazards. Students use both analogue maps and digital media (GIS, GPS, satellite images, and Internet maps). 