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Branches of Geography

Geography is an extensive field that covers various branches, each focusing on different aspects of the earth and human interaction. Physical geography examines the natural environment, including landforms, climate, and ecosystems.

Branches of Geography

Branches of Geography

Ecomonic

Military Geography

The distribution of military facillities, as well as troops.

Medical Geography

The study of the distribution of disease

Agriculture Geography

To study rural settlements, as well as the distribution of farmed goods.

Water Resources Management

To look at the distribution of water world-wide

Transportation Geography

To research the transportation networks and the use of these networks for moving people and goods.

Physical

Reginal Geography

Researching specific regions on earth.

Cartography

The study of maps.

Soils Geography

The study of the upper layer of the lithosphere.

Remote Sensing

Using satillites to examine earths features.

Cryosphere Geography

Explores the ice, including glaciers, and ice sheets.

Hazards Geography

Explore extreme hazards, disasters, and response to these unusual events.

Urban

Geographic Information Systems

Analizing databases to create a map-like format.

Applied Geography

Using geographic knowledge in everyday socititey.

Recreatation, sports, and tourism geography

The leisure activities, and the impact on local environments.

Human

Global Change

Long term effects occuring to the planet by human impacts.

Quantitative Methods

To use mathematical techniques to form a hypothisis .

Political Geography

Study of country, laws, voting, state/province and more.

Geography of Religions

Geographic distributon of religous groups, cultures, and their built environment.

Geographic Education

Giving teachers the skills, and tools they need to help combat geographic illiteracy.

Population

Distribution, migration and growth of a population in a geographal area.

Environment

Arid Regions

The study of dry surfaces / deserts.

Mountain Geography

Geographers look at the devolopment of mountain systems.

Coastal and Marine Geography

The study of coastal environments and how they react.

Geomorphology

The study of landforms, from their devolopment, to their erosion.

Climate

Long term weather patterns in earths atmosphere

Biogeography

The study of the distribution of species and ecosystms in a given area.