Friday, August 13, 2010

Geography

Geography
Introduction
Geography is derived from the Greek word geographica. It is a combination of two words geo and graphy. Geo means the earth and graphy means description. geography, therefore, means the description of earth. The study of geography, however, is not confined to the study of earth alone. it also includes all living things on it. Geography, infact, is the study of the world and its people.


Importance
Geography is important us in several ways. It has practical, economic, administrative and human application.
We can know about the relief features such as land structure,climatic condition, natural vegetation etc. of a place. We can use this knowledge to prevent problems of floods,landslide and erossins. It has thus practical important.

Branches of geography
1. Huma geography
2. Physical geography
3. Practica geography

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