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Branches of geography - Coggle Diagram
Branches of geography
Physical geography = It is the branch of natural science which deals with the processes and patterns in the natural environment such as the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere
Gemorphology = It is the study of landforms, with the forces and processes that have shaped them, and with the description and classification of various physical features on Earth.
Climatology = It is the scientific study of the Earth's climate.It investigates relationships between temperature, pressure, winds, precipitation, and other weather phenomena.
Bio-geography = It is the study of the patterns of distribution of the world's living organisms. It tries to determine where plants and animals occur, why they occur where they do, and when and how the patterns developed.
Soil geography = It studies the pattern of distribution of soils on the earth’s surface for the purpose of soil-geographic regionalization.
hydrology = It emphasizes the study of bodies of surface water on land and how they change with time.
Oceanography = It is the scientific study of the oceans including ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and the geology of the sea floor;
Glaciology = It is the study of ice and its effects. Since ice can appear on or in the earth as well as in its seas and other bodies of water and even its atmosphere
Coastal geography = It is the study of the constantly changing region between the ocean and the land
Environmental geography = It describes and explains the spatial aspects of interactions between human individuals or societies and their natural environment
Paleography = It is the study of historic writing systems and the deciphering and dating of historical manuscripts, including the analysis of historic handwriting.
Astronomical geography = It is the study of heavenly bodies of the space like planets, satellites, stars etc in relation to the earth.
Human geography = It is the science which describes the earth's surface, its form and physical features, its natural and political divisions, climates, and productions.
Cultural geography = It is the study of the many cultural aspects found throughout the world and how they relate to the spaces and places where they originate
Political geography = It is the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures.
Population geography = It encompass the spatial variation and analysis of the demographic components of change: migration, fertility, and mortality
Urban geography = It is the subdiscipline of geography that derives from a study of cities and urban processes.
Transportation geography = It examines the transportation or movement of people, goods, and information in or across different regions.
Medical geography = It uses the concepts and paradigms of the discipline of geography to investigate human–environmental relationships of disease, nutrition, and medical care systems
Economic geography = It is the subfield of human geography which studies economic activity and factors affecting them