Geography 1301 - Smith, Keith: Physical Geography: Define Topic

Examples of keyword searches:

  Natural Disasters:

• earthquake
• flood
• hurricane
• tsunami   
• volcano  
• wildfires

Sustainability and natural resources:

• acid rain
• beach erosion
• deforestation
• irrigation
• oceans and plastic
• oceans and pollution
• overfishing
• overgrazing
• renewable energy
• sustainability
• natural resources
• sustain** and natural resources
• sustainable* and environment*

Exotic Species

• damage to environment/other species
• illegal trade

Drought:

• drought and new mexico
• drought and texas
• drought and california
• drought and phoenix
• drought and wildfires
• drought and economy
• drought and farmers
• drought and developers
• drought and climatology
• drought and social aspects

Water resources in Texas and Beyond:

• water rights and colorado river
• regional water conflicts
• water rights and texas and mexico
• water rights and san antonio
• water resources and managment and new mexico
• water and development 
• water and fracking and texas
• water and texas
• water and san antonio

Global warming:

• carbon offsets
• climatology
• climate change
• climate modelling
• global warming
• global warming or climate change*
• glaciers
• greenhouse gases
• oso polar (polar bear) and climate change
• polar ice caps

To define your topic for this assignment you will need to select a research topic keeping in mind your professor's instructions.   Below are listed some examples of reference books located in the Reference Area on the second floor of the Moody Learning Center.

 Lake Poopó, Spanish Lago Poopó ,  lake in west-central Bolivia, occupying a shallow depression in the Altiplano, or high plateau, at 12,090 feet (3,686 metres) above sea level. It is the country’s second largest lake and covers 977 square miles (2,530 square km) at low stage. It is about 56 miles (90 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide but only 8 to 10 feet (2.4 to 3 metres) deep.

"Lake Poopo". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 22 Mar. 2014