Geography vs. Physiography: What's the Difference?

The study of the earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity.

See physical geography.

The physical characteristics, especially the surface features, of an area.

(geography) The subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns.

A book on geography.

The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretical part.

An ordered arrangement of constituent elements

The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical geography.

A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography

The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretic part; as, mineral physiography.

An atlas or gazetteer.

The study of physical features of the earth's surface

The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.

Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.

Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.

Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.

The physical arrangement of any place, particularly a house.

The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.

The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.

A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.

The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth, including its structure, features, products, political divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited. It also includes the responses and adaptations of people to topography, climate, soil and vegetation

A treatise on this science.

Study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation