Geography..

What is Geography?

Geography is the study of the earth’s landscapes, peoples, places and environments. It is, quite simply, about the world in which we live.

Geography is unique in bridging the social sciences (human geography) with the natural sciences (physical geography).

• Human geography is a branch of geography that focuses on the study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with various environments. It encompasses human, political, cultural, social, and economic aspects. While the major focus of human geography is not the physical landscape of the Earth (seephysical geography), it is hardly possible to discuss human geography without referring to the physical landscape on which human activities are being played out, andenvironmental geography is emerging as a link between the two.

  Cultural geography	Development geography	Economic geography	Health geography
  Historical & Time geog.	Political geog. & Geopolitics	Pop. geog. or Demography	Religion geography
  Social geography	Transportation geography	Tourism geography	Urban geography

• Physical geography (or physiography) focuses on geography as an Earth science. It aims to understand the physical lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere,pedosphere, and global flora and fauna patterns (biosphere).

  Biogeography	Climatology & paleoclimatology	Coastal geography	Env. geog. & management
  Geodesy	Geomorphology	Glaciology	Hydrology & Hydrography
  Landscape ecology	Oceanography	Pedology	Palaeogeography
  Quaternary science

Sources: - http://www.rgs.org/GeographyToday/What+is+Geography.htm

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography