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Geography
Geography Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Geography?
[n] study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation
Synonyms | Synonyms for Geography: geographics Related Terms | Find terms related to Geography: biosphere | cartography | chorography | cosmical geology | dynamic geology | Earth | Gaea | Ge | geodesy | geodetic satellite | geodetics | geodynamics | geognosy | geographics | geological chemistry | geological engineering | geology | geomorphogeny | geomorphology | geophysics | geoscopy | geosphere | geotectonic geology | globe | historical geology | hydrogeology | mineralogy | mining geology | mother earth | navigation | orbiting geophysical observatory | paleontological geology | pedology | physical geography | physical geology | physiographic geology | physiography | soil mechanics | soil science | stratigraphic geology | stratigraphy | surveying | Tellus | Terra | terrestrial globe | the blue planet | this pendent world | topography | vale | vale of tears | whole wide world | world See Also | earth science | economic geography | physical geography | physiography | topography Geography In Webster's Dictionary \Ge*og"ra*phy\, n.; pl. {Geographies}. [F.
g['e]ographie, l. geographia, fr. Gr. ?; ge`a, gh^, the earth
+ ? description, fr. ? to write, describe. See {Graphic}.]
1. The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants;
a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth,
including its structure, fetures, products, political
divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited.
2. A treatise on this science.
{Astronomical}, {or Mathematical}, geography treats of the
earth as a planet, of its shape, its size, its lines of
latitude and longitude, its zones, and the phenomena due
to to the earth's diurnal and annual motions.
{Physical geography} treats of the conformation of the
earth's surface, of the distribution of land and water, of
minerals, plants, animals, etc., and applies the
principles of physics to the explanation of the
diversities of climate, productions, etc.
{Political geography} treats of the different countries into
which earth is divided with regard to political and social
and institutions and conditions.
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