Geography Form One Notes – Concept of Geography
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Meaning of Geography Phenomena
‘The Meaning of the Term Geography
Define the term geography
‘The term Geography i a combination of two Greck word: Geo and Graphein, Geo means Earth
and Graphein means to write, draw or describe. These two words together form Geograph,
which means to draw, write about or describe the Earth, These meanings led to the development
othe ealy definition of geography which refered to description of the Earth by words, maps
and statistics and included both the physical earth and everything found on it such a plant,
animals and people. Therefore, Geography isthe study ofthe distribution and intrelatonship of
phenomena in relation tothe Earth surface. Altematively.Geography can be described as the
study ofthe Earth and its environment
BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY
There are two branches of Geograph, namely
1. Physical Geography ~ mainly concerned with land formation processes, weather and
climate
2 Human and Economic Geography – involves the study of human activites on the Earths
surface
Explain the inter-relationship between different geographical phenomena
Physical and human environments make up the two major geographical phenomena. The word
Phenomena refers to facts or ctcumstances observed, or observable within nature. Therefore, a
rographicl phenomenon isan occurence of fact in the geographical science. There exists an
interrlaionship between Geography and other subjects; physical and human environments lead
to geographical phenomenon within the two types of environment. There area variety of other
geographical phenomena that are inerelated, for example land resources provide sol that
