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Geography (from the
Greek words
Geo (
γη) or
Gaea (
γαια), both meaning
"Earth", and
graphein (
γραφειν) meaning
"to describe" or "to write"
or "to map") is the study of the
earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena.
[1] A literal translation would be "to describe the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was
Eratosthenes (275-195 B.C.). 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.
[2] Nonetheless, modern geography is an all-encompassing discipline that foremost seeks to understand the world and all of its human and natural complexities-- not merely where objects are, but how they have changed and come to be. As "the bridge between the human and physical sciences," geography is divided into two main branches - human geography and physical geography
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