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    Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environment. It is both a natural science and a social science that bridges the human and physical sciences. Geography involves the study of physical geography such as geomorphology, climatology, and biogeography as well as human geography including population, political, urban, economic, transportation, and tourism geography. Eratosthenes was an influential Greek scholar considered the "Father of Geography" for his calculations of the Earth's circumference in the 3rd century BC.

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    Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environment. It is both a natural science and a social science that bridges the human and physical sciences. Geography involves the study of physical geography such as geomorphology, climatology, and biogeography as well as human geography including population, political, urban, economic, transportation, and tourism geography. Eratosthenes was an influential Greek scholar considered the "Father of Geography" for his calculations of the Earth's circumference in the 3rd century BC.

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    Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environment. It is both a natural science and a social science that bridges the human and physical sciences. Geography involves the study of physical geography such as geomorphology, climatology, and biogeography as well as human geography including population, political, urban, economic, transportation, and tourism geography. Eratosthenes was an influential Greek scholar considered the "Father of Geography" for his calculations of the Earth's circumference in the 3rd century BC.

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    Geography

    Geography
    • a natural science and a
    social science
    • the bridge between the
    human and physical sciences
    Geography is the study of places and the
    relationships between people and their environment.
    Geography
    PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
    • Geomorphology • Historical geography
    (topographical relief) • Population geography
    • Climatology (Demography)
    • Biogeography • Political geography
    • Soil geography • Urban geography
    • etc. • Economic geography
    • Transportation geography
    • Tourism geography
    • etc.
    Eratosthenes - ”Father of Geography”
    • 276 BC – 194 BC
    • a Greek mathematician,
    geographer, poet,
    astronomer
    • the chief librarian at the
    Library of Alexandria
    • the first person known to
    calculate the circumference
    of the Earth
    Task 1
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