Physical geography
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
Physical geography (also known as geosystems or physiography) is one of the two major subfields of geography. Physical geography is that branch of natural science which deals with the study of processes and patterns in the natural environment like atmosphere, biosphere and geosphere, as opposed to the cultural or built environment, the domain of human geography.
Within the body of physical geography, the Earth is often split either into several spheres or environments, the main spheres being the atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and pedosphere. Research in physical geography is often interdisciplinary and uses the systems approach.
[edit]
See also
- Atmosphere of Earth
- Earth system science
- Ecology
- Environmental science
- Environmental studies
- Human geography
- Geostatistics
- Oceanography
- Weathering
- Physiographic regions of the world
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Physical geography" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
