1. Tectonism, Climate, and Landscape / Antony R. Orme
2. Pleistocene Legacy: Glaciation / John Menzies
3. Pleistocene Legacy: Beyond the Ice Front / Antony R. Orme
4. Holocene Environment / Louis A. Scuderi
5. Dynamic and Synoptic Climatology / Roger G. Barry
6. Climatic Regionalization / John E. Oliver
7. Surface Water Hydrology / John Pitlick
8. Wetlands: A Hydrological Perspective / Ming-ko Woo
9. Weathering and Soils / John C. Dixon
10. Rivers / Ellen E. Wohl
11. Plant and Animal Ecology / Albert J. Parker, Kathleen C. Parker and Thomas R. Vale
12. Ecoregions / Robert G. Bailey
II. Regional Environments
13. Far North: A Geographical Perspective on Permafrost Environments / Frederick E. Nelson and Kenneth M. Hinkel
14. Boreal Forest / Glen M. MacDonald
15. Appalachia and the Eastern Cordillera / David Shankman and L. Allan James
16. Great Lakes / Randall J. Schaetzl and Scott A. Isard
17. Central Lowlands and Great Plains / Vance T. Holliday, James C. Knox and Garry L. Running IV / [et al.]
18. Western Cordillera / George P. Malanson and David R. Butler
19. Desert Environments / Julie E. Laity
20. Mediterranean Environment of Greater California / Amalie Jo Orme
21. Ocean Coasts and Continental Margins / Antony R. Orme
III. Nature in the Human Context
22. Human Imprints on the Primeval Landscape / Antony R. Orme
23. Agriculture, Erosion, and Sediment Yields / James C. Knox
24. Urbanization and Environment / Jon Harbor, Budhendra Bhaduri and Matt Grove / [et al.]
25. Environmental Management and Conservation / Mark A. Blumler.