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Geography is the study of the Earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity. Geography research addresses both the questions of where, as well as why phenomena occur in particular places. The word comes from the Greek words Ge (γη) or Gaea (γαια), both meaning "Earth", and graphein (γραφειν) meaning "to describe" or "to write".

"Mere place names are not geography. To know by heart a whole gazeteer full of them would not, in itself, constitute anyone a geographer. Geography has higher aims than this... to trace out the great laws of nature and to mark their influence upon man. In a word, geography is a science, a thing not of mere names, but of argument and reason, of cause and effect." -- William Hughes (King's College, 1863)

Since place matters for everything from economics and health, to climate, plants and animals, geography is highly interdisciplinary. Geography draws upon and contributes to numerous other knowledge disciplines. Geography is broadly divided into human geography and physical geography, with subfields of geography including economic geography, political geography, urban geography, biogeography, geomorphology, coastal geography, and others.

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@mikejuergens It's all a balance of what you are willing to give up for what you gain. If it wasn't for geography I would hate California
SeanRLoh (Sean Loh) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:49:21 -0000
@mikejuergens It's all a balance of what you are willing to give up for what you gain. If it wasn't for geography I would hate California
@McCainBlogette Remember hun, we Americans are world famous for our sense of geography ;)
SeanRLoh (Sean Loh) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:47:54 -0000
@McCainBlogette Remember hun, we Americans are world famous for our sense of geography ;)
#nowplaying This Is It - the movie while reading The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner..I'm so multi-tasking if it's only for leisure, haha!
maheeeR (Mahir Pradana) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:47:46 -0000
#nowplaying This Is It - the movie while reading The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner..I'm so multi-tasking if it's only for leisure, haha!
I just got reallllllly excited,then crushed,thanks geography and geometry for looking exactly alike.FUCKYOU!
vivalamagggie (Maggie Boutchyard) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:45:31 -0000
I just got reallllllly excited,then crushed,thanks geography and geometry for looking exactly alike.FUCKYOU!
BLATANT DISPLAY OF IGNORANCE... LIKE ASSUMING THAT CAMEROON IS AN ISLAND?? #willgetyourejected...LIKE LEARN UR GEOGRAPHY BLK PPL...smh...
TATYLEESHIUS (Tatyleeshius) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:35:55 -0000
BLATANT DISPLAY OF IGNORANCE... LIKE ASSUMING THAT CAMEROON IS AN ISLAND?? #willgetyourejected...LIKE LEARN UR GEOGRAPHY BLK PPL...smh...
@cwklbc the geography of bliss by eric weiner
PandaLonely (Amanda Laskey) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:35:55 -0000
@cwklbc the geography of bliss by eric weiner

 
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