 "Geography
(from
Greek
γεωγραφία
- geographia, lit. "earth describe-write") is the
science that studies the
lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of
Earth. A literal
translation would be "to describe or write about the
Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was
Eratosthenes (276-194
BC). Four historical traditions in geographical research
are the
spatial analysis of
natural and human phenomena (geography as a study of
distribution),
area studies (places and
regions), study of man-land relationship, and research
in
earth sciences.
Nonetheless, modern geography is an all-encompassing
discipline that foremost seeks to understand the Earth
and all of its human and natural complexities—not merely
where objects are, but how they have changed and come to
be. Geography has been called "the world discipline" and
"the bridge between the human and the
physical science".
Geography is divided into two main branches:
human geography and
physical geography".
Source
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