GEOG 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Atmospheric Pressure, Data Management, Geomorphology

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(cid:373)ea(cid:374)s the (cid:862)study of the earth. (cid:863) Studies natural or human phenomena through space, scale, and time. Geography is the science of place (location) and space. Place (location)- when we discuss place the central issue is the relationship to other places. Can also describe the human or physical characteristics of a location. Relative location: the location of a place relative to other places. Absolute location: the exact location of a place on the surface of the. Space- when we discuss space we are concerned with movement through space (distance and time). Geographic scale is the dimension of how we examine or impact of a physical or human phenomena. Different social and physical processes operate at different scales: global (macro, region, nation or state, community, county, city, etc. (micro) Temporal scale- the historian has no exclusive right in the telling of stories in time. But the historian hopes to bring a special understanding to such story-telling.

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