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Physical geography is arguably a major field in this subject. It entails the study of the natural environment. This includes the patterns and processes like the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and ... geosphere. Ideally, physical geography covers both the built and cultural environment.Geography, in simple terms, is the "study of the world, both near and far" (Bonnett, 2008, p. 1). For the greater part of the human history, the term 'geographical knowledge' was coined to define the survival of the human population on the local level. Knowledge regarding the local landscape meant the difference between life and death.The study of the interrelationships between people, place, and environment, and how these vary spatially and temporally across and between locations. Whereas physical geography concentrates on spatial and environmental processes that shape the natural world and tends to draw on the natural and physical sciences for its scientific underpinnings and methods of investigation, human geography concentrates on the spatial organization and processes shaping the lives and activities of people, and their interactions with places and nature. Human geography is more allied with the social sciences and humanities, sharing their philosophical approaches and methods (see physical geography for a discussion on the relationship between human and physical geography; environmental geography). [Show More]

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