Geography: Here You Need To Learn The Definition & Branches

Sometimes, when I wake up in the morning, look at the sky, mountains,  hills, soil, vegetation; think about the moon, stars, sun, rain, cloud, snowfall,  erosion, humidity, hotness/coldness(temperature) of my surroundings, etc, I begin to wonder how all these things came to be! 

The creator is a wonderful and perfect artist: Is He not?

By so doing am thinking Geographically without even knowing it; Geography is a natural field of science or study.

                             Spherical shape of the Earth as a whole

When you study how earth's features(soil, erosion, rain, rocks, etc) came into existence, that is the processes that form them, you are obviously studying Geography(specifically Physical Geography).

If you study man's interactions with his environment(example the effects of man's activities like Bush burning, urbanization or industrialization on the earth's features), you are also studying Geography(specifically Human Geography).

Mathematically put, Geography = Physical Geography + Human Geography.

Its content covers an understanding of the physical reality we occupy and our transformations of environments into places that we find more comfortable to inhabit (although many such modifications often have negative long-term impacts). 

The modern academic discipline of geography is rooted in ancient practice, concerned with the characteristics of places, in particular their natural environments and peoples, as well as the relations between the two. 

According to report, its(Geography) separate identity was first formulated and named some 2,000 years ago by the Greeks, whose geo and graphein were combined to mean “earth writing” or “earth description.” 

However, what is now understood as geography was elaborated before then, in the Arab world and elsewhere.

The history of geography is the history of thinking about the concepts of environments, places, and spaces. 

Geography is highly interdisciplinary since space and place affect a variety of topics such as economics, health, climate, plants and animals, . 

The interdisciplinary nature of the geographical approach depends on an attentiveness to the relationship between physical and human phenomena and its spatial patterns.

Definition Of Geography:

Geography (from Greek: γεωγραφία, geographia, literally "earth description") can be defined as a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and planets.

Eratosthenes (276–194 BC) was the first person to use the word "γεωγραφία", according to report.

-Wikipedia

Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities(not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be.

It is about the spatial aspects of human existence, how humans occupy and alter the landscape, and the relationships between nature and society. 
Geography is a systematic study of the Universe and its features.

It is seen as "the world discipline" and "the bridge between the human and the physical sciences".

It is also about people; even though the term “geo-graphy” literally means to graph the earth, geography is also about the study of people as they relate with their surroundings or environment.

Geography provides insights into major contemporary issues, such as globalization and environmental change, as well as a detailed appreciation of local differences; changes in disciplinary interests and practices reflect those issues.

It is the study of the diverse environments, places, and spaces of Earth’s surface and their interactions. 

Geography seeks to answer the questions of why things are as they are, where they are. 

Geographers study the space and the temporal database distribution of phenomena, processes, and features, as well as the interaction of humans and their environment. 

Branches Of Geography

Geography is often defined in terms of two branches, namely human geography and physical geography. 

Human geography deals with the study of people and their communities, cultures, economies, and interactions with the environment by studying their relations with and across space and place. 

Physical geography deals with the study of processes and patterns in the natural environment like the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere.

The four historical traditions in geographical research are:

• spatial analyses of natural and the human phenomena, 
• area studies of places and regions, 
• studies of human-land relationships, and,
• the Earth sciences.