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Even a decade ago, the undeniable characteristic of globalization was that every person in the developed world consumes many goods produced the world over. The geography of transport systems, concerned with movements of freight, people and information, tries to link spatial constraints and attributes with the origin, the destination, the extent, the nature and the purpose of movements. Over the course of this entire world geography book, you will explore one major question. The lena stretches for 2,800 miles and is also one of the worlds longest rivers. See more ideas about geography, teaching geography and world geography. How are we, as members of a global society, connected. Plate tectonics earthquakes and volcanoes weathering and slopes glaciation coasts deserts weather and climate soils biogepgraphy population urbanisation farming and food supply rural land use energy resources. National geographic atlas of the world, tenth edition.
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