GEO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Geosphere, Lithosphere, Physical Geography
4 Oct 2016
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Term was first used by the greek scholar eratosthenes. Best summed up as the study of the earth as the home of humankind . One accomplishment of eratosthenes was that he was able to get in the ballpark in determining the circumference of the earth. The composite of human imprints on the earth"s surface. Carl saver"s definition the forms super imposed on the physical landscape by the activities of man . Geography is the science of plate (virdal de la blache) The science that tells what is, where, why, and what of it. Regional geography deals with specific parts of the world. It frequently brings together the things we study in both physical and cultural geography which helps us to understand the nature of the region we are studying. Pole to pole (12,714 km / 7900 miles)
