Geography categories

1. GEOGRAPHY
Categories of Geography by Laura Rust

2. THERE ARE TWO CATEGORIES OF GEOGRAPHY
Physical Human

3. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
 Climatology
 Hydrology
 Biogeography
 Geomorphology
 Meteorology
 Pedology

4. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
 Social Geography
 Cultural Geography
 Economic Geography
 Behavioral Geography
 Political Geography
 Urban Geography

5. COMBINED CONCEPTS
Human
Geography
Physical
Geography
 The two concepts
influence each other
through social and
physical realms of
geography.

6. CLIMATOLOGY, METEOROLOGY
 Both are sub-categories of physical
geography that study weather.

7. BIOGEOGRAPHY
 Studies the geographical impact of animals
and plants.

8. GEOMORPHOLOGY
 The study of landform construction of the
earth.

9. HYDROLOGY
 Study of water

10. PEDOLOGY
 Study of soil, water, and climate
 Works with geomorphology, climatology,
meteorology, and hydrology

11. Physical geography studies the physical
effects the earth has on itself and its
surrounding natural influences, however,
there is another force that creates the
geographical world we live, human
geography.

12. SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY
 Study of social influences on the construction
of the earth.

13. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
 Study of Cultural influences on geography

14. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
 Study of economic influences on the
environment and geographical structure.

15. BEHAVIORAL GEOGRAPHY
 Ties with social and cultural geography in the
study of human impacts on the geographical
make up of the earth.

16. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
 Study of political influences based on social
and cultural geography.

17. URBAN GEOGRAPHY
 Study of growing urban areas and their
social, economic, political, and cultural
influences in the geographical make up such
areas.

18. All of these areas of study impact the
geographical make up our physical and
social world. Understanding them separately
leads to knowing how they work together to
construct the geography of earth!

19. References
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