Branches of geography

Applied Geography

Using geographic knowledge, skills, and techniques to solve problems in everyday society.

Recreation, Tourism, and Sport Geography

Study of leisure-time activities and their impact on local environments

Transportation geography

Research transportation networks and the use of those networks for moving people and goods.

Agricultural and Rural Geography

study of rural settlement, the distribution of agriculture and the geographic movement and access to agricultural products.

Regional Geography

Study of areas as large as a continent or as small as an urban area.

Geomorphology

Study of land forms of the planet, from their development to their disappearance through erosion and other processes.

Cryosphere Geography

Study of ice of the earth, especially glaciers and ice sheets.

Soils Geography

Study of the upper layer of the lithosphere, the soil, of the earth and its categorization and patterns of distribution

Biogeography

Study of the geographic distribution of plants and animals on the earth.

Population geography

Distribution, migration, and growth of population in geographic areas.

Geography of Religions

Distribution of religious groups, their cultures, and built environments.

Medical Geography

Distribution of disease, illness, death and health care.

Military Geography

Distribution of military facilities and troops, and also geographic tools to develop military solutions.

Quantitative Methods

Mathematical techniques and models to test hypotheses.

Geographic education

Give teachers the knowledge they need to help combat geographic illiteracy and to develop future generations of geographers.

Water Resources Management

Distribution of water across the planet within the hydrologic cycle and of human-developed systems for water storage, distribution, and use.

Remote Sensing

Using satellites and sensors to examine features on or near the earth's surface from a distance.

Cartography

Improving and developing technologies in map-making

Geographic Information Systems

Develops databases of geographic information and systems to display geographic data in a map-like format.

Political Geography

All aspects of boundaries, country, state, and nation development, diplomacy, voting, and more.

Hazards Geography

Extreme events known as hazards or disasters and explore the human interaction to them.

Climate Geography

Distribution of long-term weather patterns and activities of the earth's atmosphere.

Global Change

Explore the long term changes occurring to the planet earth based on human impacts on the environment.

Mountain Geography

Development of mountain systems and at the humans who live in higher altitudes and their adaptations.

Arid Regions Geography

They examine the deserts and dry surfaces of the planet. They also explore how humans, animals, and plants make their home in dry or arid regions

Coastal and Marine Geography

The coastal environments of the planet and how humans, coastal life, and coastal physical features interact.