Geography is an interdisciplinary field that incorporates aspects of both physical sciences and human sciences. It includes the study of various topics such as astronomy, geology, pedology, botany, zoology, hydrology, oceanography, mathematics, meteorology, climatology, anthropology, sociology, economics, archaeology, history, statistics, and political science. Geography seeks to understand the relationships between humans and their spatial environments by analyzing the distribution and patterns of phenomena in locations across the Earth's surface and make sense of the interaction between people and places through time.