Geography is the study of the Earth, its landforms, climate, people and economies. It has two main branches: physical geography which examines natural processes like landforms and weather, and human geography which focuses on human populations, settlements and activities. Some key areas of human geography include urbanization, political divisions, demography and economic activities like agriculture, industry and trade. Overall, geography aims to understand both the natural and built environments of our planet.

1. GEOGRAPHY CAN BE
INTERESTING!
BY :
DEEPALI AGARWAL

2. WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?
GEOGRAPHY IS THE SCIENCE AND ART OF ALL SOCIAL SCIENCES. ART
AS IT STUUDIES THE THE EARTH AS A WHOLE AND SCIENCE AS IT
STUDIES THE MECHANISM OF THE EARTH INTERIOR AND THE
EXTERIOR.
HECATEAUS IS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF GEOGRAPHY AS HE WAS
THE FIRST PERSON TO STUDY IT IN SYSTEMATIC AND ORDERLY
MANNER.

3. SOME DEFINITIONS OF GEOGRAPHY :
• Geography is concerned with the description
and explanation of the areal differentiation of
the earths surface: Richard Hartshorne
• Geography studies the differences of
phenomena usually related in different parts of
the earth: Hettner

4. THE TWO BASIC TYPES OF GEOGRAPHY
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
• IT IS DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF LANDFORMS ,
THEIR EVOLUTION AND RELATED PROCESSES.
• THE STUDY OF STRUCTURE OF ATMOSPHERE AND
ELEMENTS OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE AND
CLIMATIC TYPES AND REGIONS.
• IT STUDIES THE REALM OF WATER OVER THE
SURFACE OF THE EARTH INCLUDING OCEANS,
RIVERS, LAKES ETC.
• TO STUDY THE PROCESSES OF SOIL FORMATION,
SOIL TYPES, THEIR FERTILITY ETC.
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
• HUMAN GEOGRAPHY WHICH EMPHASIS THE
STUDY OF SOCIETY AND ITS SPATIAL DYNAMICS.
• IT STUDIES POPULATION GROWTH, MIGRATION,
DENSITY , DISTRIBUTION AND
VARIOUS SETTLEMENT PATTERNS.
• IT STUDIES VARIOUS ECONOMIC
ACTIVITIES PERTAINING TO PRIMARY, SECONDARY ,
TERTIARY, QUINARY ACTIVITIES.
• THE HISTORICAL PROCESSES THROUGH WHICH
THE SPACE GETS ORGANISED. THE GEOGRAPHICAL
FEATURES ALSO EXPERIENCE TEMPORAL
CHANGES AND THESE FORM THE CONCERNS OF
HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY.

6. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY : IT DEALS WITH THE FIELD OF
NATURAL SCIENCE WHICH DEALS WITH THE STUDY OF PROCESSES
AND PATTERNS IN THE NATURAL ENIVRONMENT SUCH AS
ATMOSPHERE, HYDROSPERE, BIOSPHERE, GEOSPHERE. THIS IS THE
EXTERIOR OF THE EARTH WITH WHICH IT DEALS. ON THE OTHER
HAND, IT DEALS WITH INTERIOR OF THE EARTH I.E. CRUST MANTLE
AND CORE AND THE PROCESSES GOING ON INSIDE. THE PROCESSES
AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH IS THE BASIC STUDY UNDER THIS
SUBJECT.

8. Fields of human
geography
Sub fields Interface with sister disciplines of
social sciences
Social geography Behavioural geography,
geography of social, cultural
geography, gender
geography, historical
geography, medical
geography.
Sociology, psychology, welfare economics, anthropology,
History, epidemology.
Urban geography Urban planning and studies
Political geography Electoral geography,
Military geography.
Political science,
Psephology,
Military science
Population geography Demography
Settlement geography Urban and rural planning
Economic geography Resources, agricultural,
industrial, marketing,
tourism, geography of
international trade.
Economics, resource economics, agricultural
economics,international trade.

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