This document provides an overview of physical and human geography. It summarizes key concepts in physical geography such as landforms, rivers, weathering, vegetation and natural hazards. It also outlines topics in human geography including population, migration, settlement, communications and economic activity. The document is an outline for a geography project covering essential information about the natural and human factors that define geography.
4. Rivers
• River Basin(the area drained by a river).
• Erosion(the wearing away).
• Transportation(water transports the
material eroded).
• Deposition(when the water loses its
energy,the material is too heavy to ‘float’
and is deposited).
6. Landforms
• It is the result of deposition.
• The material eroded by
rivers,wind and the sea(waves) is
deposited.Like a sandy beach it is
formed by volcanoes.
7. Vegetation
• Climate and soil determine the type of
vegetation cover-therefore result in
different types of vegetation.
• Examples include: Equatorial
rainforest,Grasslands (savannas),Desert
• Different types of vegetation provide
different habitast for animals,different
ecosystems
8. Natural Hazards
• Natural Hazards are desastrous results
made by nature.
• For examples we have:
storms,hurricanes,floods,drought,volcanic
eruptions & earthquakes
10. • Human Geography is the
study of where and how
people live. Human
Geography includes the
following topics/areas of
studies:
11. Population
Economic
Migration
Activity
Human
Geography
Communications Settlement
12. Population
• Distribution and Density of people over the
Earth’s surface.
• Population growth-birth and death rates
and the resulting problems (Africa).
14. Settlement
• Where people live-rular and urban
• The growth of settlement into large urban
areas & the factors which enchance this
growth
• Land use in cities which change over time
(C.B.D).
15. Communications
• Different modes of transport use by people to
move about and for the movement of goods
(trade).
• Communication is the activity of
conveying information.
• Examples-telephone,TV
programs,internet,mobiles etc.
16. Economic Activity
• Economic activity(types of jobs)
• It includes the growth and shrinkage of the
economy and all factors that affect this
• Primary,Secondary and Tertiary Industry
• The developed countries- the rich and the
developing countries-the poor
