BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY[ge1]     1200w

(BASED ON SYSTEMATIC APPROACH)

1. Physical Geography

(i) Geomorphology

Is devoted to the study of landforms, their evolution and related processes. (ii) Climatology

Encompasses the study of structure of atmosphere and elements of weather and climates and climatic types and regions. (iii) Hydrology

Studies the realm of water over the surface of the earth including oceans, lakes, rivers and other water bodies and its effect on different life forms including human life and their activities. (iv) Soil Geography

Is devoted to study the processes of soil formation, soil types, their fertility status, distribution and use. 2. Human Geography

(i) Social/Cultural Geography

Encom-passes the study of society and its spatial dynamics as well as the cultural elements contributed by the society. (ii) Population and Settlement Geography

(Rural and Urban). It studies population growth, distribution, density, sex ratio, migration and occupational structureetc. Settlement geography studies the characteristics of rural and urban settlements. (iii) Economic Geography

Studies economic activities of the people including agriculture, industry, tourism, trade, and transport, infrastructure and services, etc. (iv) Historical Geography

Studies the historical processes through which the space gets organized. Every region has undergone some historical experiences before attaining the present day status .

The geographical features also experience temporal changes and these form the concerns of historical geography. (v) Political Geography

Looks at the space from the angle of political events and studies boundaries, space relations between neighboring political units, delimitation of constituencies, election scenario and develops theoretical framework to understand the political behavior of the p

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