Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast various places on the earth. But they also go beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a whole . The word geography comes from two Greek wordages, the Greek word for “earth” and grasphein, which means “to write.” The English word geography means “to describe the earth.” geography books focus on a small area like a town or a city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an entire continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another way to divide the study of geography is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the latter starts with human beings and studies how human beings and their environment act upon each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject, neither branch can neglect each other.
A geographer might be described as one who observes, records, and explains the differences between places. If all places were alike, there would be little need for geographers.
We know, however, that no two places are exactly the same. Geography, then , is a point of view, a special way of looking at places.
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