The present textbook is written on the syllabus of F.Y.B.Sc. Semester I (Geography) of the Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. It gives us a great pleasure to hand over the book to the students and teachers. We hope students and teachers will welcome this book by heart. The entire book is prepared on computer. All figures in the book are drawn on computer by Prof. Dr. Kiran Gavit under the guidance of Prin Dr. S. R. Chaudhari, therefore, the book has become more illustrative and informative. Most of all important points are explained by figures. This is the special feature of this book. There are in all more than 50 figures. As the figures are drawn by the authors themselves, the content displayed in the figures is more precise and accurate. The entire text is arranged in such way that the students can perceive the knowledge of Physical geography very easily. Another special feature of this book is the exercise given at the end of every chapter. In this part we have tried to ask large number of objective and long answered questions. This will help to the students for preparing themselves for all examinations at all levels.
Physical geography comprises important branch of Geography. It is studied in all universities and even is a subject for M.P.S.C., U.P.S.C., NET, SET examinations. We hope the present book will be helpful to the students preparing for such examinations.