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'''Geography''' (from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: {{lang|el|γεωγραφία}}, ''geographia'', literally "earth description")<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=geography |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |last=Harper |first=Douglas |website=Etymonline.com |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212215028/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=geography |archive-date=12 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> is the study of earth and its people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geography |work=The American Heritage Dictionary/ of the English Language, Fourth Edition |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/geography |access-date=October 9, 2006}}</ref> Its features are things like [[continent]]s, [[sea]]s, [[river]]s and [[mountain]]s. Its inhabitants are all the people and [[animal]]s that live on it. Its phenomena are the things that happen like [[tide]]s, [[wind]]s, and [[earthquake]]s. | '''Geography''' (from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: {{lang|el|γεωγραφία}}, ''geographia'', literally "earth description")<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=geography |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |last=Harper |first=Douglas |website=Etymonline.com |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212215028/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=geography |archive-date=12 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> is the study of earth and its people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geography |work=The American Heritage Dictionary/ of the English Language, Fourth Edition |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/geography |access-date=October 9, 2006}}</ref> Its features are things like [[continent]]s, [[sea]]s, [[river]]s and [[mountain]]s. Its inhabitants are all the people and [[animal]]s that live on it. Its phenomena are the things that happen like [[tide]]s, [[wind]]s, and [[earthquake]]s. | ||
A person who is an expert in geography is a geographer. A geographer tries to understand the world and the things that are in it, how they started and how they have changed.<ref>Geography: The Mother of Sciences [http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/morgans/lecture_2.prn.pdf] [https://web.archive.org/web/20081003084542/http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/morgans/lecture_2.prn.pdf] </ref> | A person who is an expert in geography is a geographer. A geographer tries to understand the world and the things that are in it, how they started and how they have changed.<ref>Geography: The Mother of Sciences [http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/morgans/lecture_2.prn.pdf] [https://web.archive.org/web/20081003084542/http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/morgans/lecture_2.prn.pdf]</ref> | ||
Geography is divided into two main parts called [[physical geography]] and [[human geography]]. Physical geography studies the natural environment and human geography studies the human environment. The human environmental studies would include things such as the [[population]] in a country, how a country's [[economy]] is doing, and more. There is also environmental geography. | Geography is divided into two main parts called [[physical geography]] and [[human geography]]. Physical geography studies the natural environment and human geography studies the human environment. The human environmental studies would include things such as the [[population]] in a country, how a country's [[economy]] is doing, and more. There is also environmental geography. | ||