| − | '''Geography''' is the scientific study of the [[earth]] and related natural phenomenon. There are many branches to this [[science]] studying the physical and human aspects. | + | '''Geography''' is "the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these" <ref>Soanes and Stevenson (2005) The Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.</ref> |
| | + | As a subject it can generally be divided into two major components; physical geography, concerning earth system processes, and human geography, concerning human activities across the earth. There is a large degree of overlap between these two, and geography is regarded as the subject that bridges the arts and the sciences. |