3. GEOGRAPHY
-inherently encompassing discipline
-it brings together facts from many other sciences:
physical-------physical geography
biological-----biogeography
social ----------human geography
4. •CARTOGRAPHY
-the art of making maps or charts
•GEOLOGY
-the science of measuring or determining the
shape of the earth
5. Branches of Physical Geography:
Geomorphology----Geology
-the interpretative description of the landforms or relief features
of the Earth’s surface.
Climatology----------Meteorology
-deals with the average or general weather conditions(climate)
of broad areas.
Meteorology
-the science of the atmosphere and the origin or prediction of
weather.
6. Pedageography------Pedology
-concerned with the distribution of soils;
its characteristics association of soils with vegetation
drainage
relief
rocks
climate
significance of soils in the economy
culture of region
7. Branches of Biogeography
Phytogeography------Botany
-the science that deals with plants— life, structure and growth
Zoogeography---------Zoology
-concerned with the distribution of animals and with their
adaptations, or their restriction by environment.
Zoology
-science of the animal life of an area.
oPaleontology
-study of the fossils
oEcology
-the study of the interrelationship of organisms and their
environment
8. Branches of Human Geography:
Economic Geography
-concerned with the economic activities of man as
manifested in specific localities and as related to the other
phenomena with which they are associated.
Political Geography---Political
Science
-both concerned with the comparative study of different
governments and international relations.
9. Social Geography
-is concerned with their distribution from one erea to another,
and their relation to the total environment.
Converges with:
•Sociology
-scientific study of social behavior, its origins, development
,organization, and institution.
•Anthropology
-study of human, past and present.
10. Geography
History
-study of the past
Archaeology
-study of human activity in the
past.
•Artifacts
•Architecture
•Bio facts &
•Cultural landscapes
11. Geography is a very broad field of
inquiry and “borrows” its object
of study from all of these related
terms.