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Geography studies the location, extent, distribution, frequency and interaction of all significant elements of the human and physical environment on the Earth's surface, particularly its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity. The word geography derives from the Greek γη (ge) or γαια (gaia) ("Earth") and γραφειν (graphein) ("to inscribe"). Physical geography focuses on Earth science (and is sometimes called Earth System Science). This provides an understanding of the physical, meteorological and ecological patterns of the Earth. Human geography includes economic, political and cultural geography and focuses on the social science or the non-physical aspects of the world. It examines how human beings adapt themselves to the land and how they impact the physical world. Geographers not only study the human and natural features of the Earth but also its place in the Solar System and the Universe and how this affects the Earth features (e.g. climate, sea currents and tides).

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Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	Latin America	Oceania	Atlas	Border

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Portal:Geography/Featured article/July, 2008

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Topographic map of the island of Hawaii.

Image credit: Sémhur

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...that sandstone layers (pictured) now exposed in the Canyons of the Escalante in Utah were deposited during the Mesozoic period, when the area was covered with sand dunes about 180 to 225 million years ago?
...that the Firth of Clyde is Great Britain's first seabird reserve?
...that Amsterdam has a concentric belt of canals around it?
...that the Korotoa River, a small stream in Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh, was once a large and sacred river?
...that Belgium's sillon industriel (steelmaking) was the first fully industrialized area in continental Europe?

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Human geography: Demographics · Geodemography · Economic geography · Cultural geography · Political geography · Urban geography
Physical geography: Biogeography · Climatology · Coastal geography · Geology · Oceanography
Maps: Cartography · Navigation · Surveying
Other: Exploration · Geographers

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Antarctica	Afro-Eurasia	Americas
Australia	Africa	Eurasia
North America	Oceania	Europe
Asia	South America	Supercontinents: Gondwana • Laurasia • Pangaea • Rodinia

Oceania: Australasia | Melanesia | Micronesia | Polynesia | Pacific Rim

Polar areas: Arctic | Antarctic

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WikiProject Geography

Cities • Country subdivisions • Urban studies and planning • Former Countries • Subdivisions of former countries • Mountains · Rivers • Protected areas • Glaciers • Lakes • Tropical cyclones • Geographical coordinates • Maps • Waterfalls

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Please feel free to list your new Geography-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.