geography
Other forms: geographies
Geography is the study of the land and how we use it. A geography lesson about your hometown would teach about the terrain, including any landforms like mountains or waterways, its vegetation, roads and other human-made developments, and its people.
Geography means "description of the earth's surface." It is often confused with a related word, geology, which means "study of the earth." Geography is about anything that happens on the ground, or above it, including how people live and use the land, while geology studies the earth's content, like the plates that form it and how they move.
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study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetationsynonyms: geographicstypes:topographyprecise detailed study of the surface features of a regioneconomic geographythe branch of geography concerned with the production and distribution of commoditiestopologytopographic study of a given place (especially the history of the place as indicated by its topography)type of:earth scienceany of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts
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The ancients believed that the universe was composed of five basic elements: earth, air, fire, water, and sky. The Greek and Latin words for these elements still show up in our language today. Learn these words that come from the Greek root geo, meaning "earth." Here are links to our complete set of Elements of the Universe lists: Cosm, Cosmo ("Universe") / Terr, Terra ("Earth") / Geo ("Earth") / Hydr, Hydro ("Water") / Aqua ("Water") / Ign, Igni ("Fire") / Pyr, Pyro ("Fire") / Aer, Aero ("Air") / Aether ("Sky") / Aster, Astro ("Star") / Sol ("Sun")
Learn these words that come from the Greek root geo, meaning "earth."
