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'''Geography''' is "the study of the [[physical]] features of the [[Earth]] and its [[atmosphere]], and of [[human]] activity as it affects and is affected by these." <ref>Soanes and Stevenson (2005) The Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.</ref> | '''Geography''' is "the study of the [[physical]] features of the [[Earth]] and its [[atmosphere]], and of [[human]] activity as it affects and is affected by these." <ref>Soanes and Stevenson (2005) The Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.</ref> | ||
| − | As a subject it can generally be divided into two major components; physical | + | As a subject it can generally be divided into two major components; physical geography, concerning Earth system processes, and human geography, concerning human activities across the Earth. There is a large degree of overlap between these two, and geography is regarded as the subject that bridges the arts and the sciences. |
[[Category:Science]] | [[Category:Science]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 23:49, November 16, 2009
Geography is "the study of the physical features of the Earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these." [1]
As a subject it can generally be divided into two major components; physical geography, concerning Earth system processes, and human geography, concerning human activities across the Earth. There is a large degree of overlap between these two, and geography is regarded as the subject that bridges the arts and the sciences.
References
- ↑ Soanes and Stevenson (2005) The Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.