Q. What is geography?

Here is a partial entry on geography from The Columbia Encyclopedia:

the science of place, i.e., the study of the surface of the earth, the location and distribution of its physical and cultural features, the areal patterns or places that they form, and the interrelation of these features as they affect humans.

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