World Geography 

Geography is the science that studies the lands the features the inhabitants and the phenomena of the Earth.

The word geography adopted in the 2nd century BC by the Greek scholar Eratosthenes.

· The term geography was first coined by a Greek scholar Eratosthenes.

· The word geography carries basically two Greek terms i.e. ‘geo’ (meaning earth) and ‘graphos’ (meaning description), and the meaning of geography is ‘description of the earth.’

Branch of Geography 

Geography is divided into two main branches 

Physical Geography and Human Geography

Biogeography is the third branch, which is an interface between physical geography and human geography.

Human Geography 

It is a branch of the geography that studies the world its people, communities and cultures with an emphasis on relations of land across space and place.

The fields of human geography:

Cultural geography 

Development geography

Economic geography

Health geography

Historical geography

Political geography

Population geography

Settlement geography

Physical geography

It deals with the physical environment and the various process that bring about changes in the physical environment on the Earth surface.

The fields of Physical geography

Geomorphology – Study of landforms and process that shape them.

Hydrology – Study of the movement, distribution and quality of water.

Climatology – study of climate.

Pedology – Study of soil in their natural environment

Glaciology – Study of glaciers and ice sheets. 

Biogeography – Study of relationship of organism with their environment.

Cosmology – Study of Universe. 

Major branches of Biogeography are:

  • Plant Geography
  • Zoo Geography
  • Ecology/ecosystem
  • Environmental Geography

Regional Approach, major branches of Geography are:

  • Regional Studies
  • Regional Planning
  • Regional Development
  • Regional Analysis.