Areas of Study
There are two major fields of study, which are further subdivided:
- Physical geography: including geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, biogeography, climatology, meteorology, pedology, oceanography, geodesy, and environmental geography.
- Human geography: including urban geography, cultural geography, economic geography, political geography, historical geography, marketing geography, health geography, and social geography.
The National Geographic Society identifies five broad key themes for geographers:
- location
- place
- human-environment interaction
- movement
- regions
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