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- pronunciation:
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- Word Combinations (noun), Word History, Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
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geographies |
| definition 1: |
the science of the earth's surface, including its physical features, climate, resident populations, political divisions, agriculture, natural resources, and the like.
He doesn't know where the earth's mountain ranges are located because he never studied geography. |
| definition 2: |
the specific characteristics of a portion of the earth's surface.
A vast area of desert is part of the geography of China. |
adjective + (n.)geography
academic,
ancient,
associate,
basic,
biblical,
changing,
cultural,
digital,
distinct,
diverse,
economic,
fundamental,
global,
historical,
human,
imaginative,
indigenous,
modern,
mystical,
physical,
political,
regional,
rural,
sacred,
social,
spatial,
spiritual,
strategic,
universal,
urban,
varied
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verb + (n.)geography
bound, illustrate, isolate, map, shape, study, teach, vary
(n.)geography
+ verb
construct
noun + (n.)geography
anthropology,
architecture,
arithmetic,
astronomy,
boundary,
chronology,
civics,
climate,
contribution,
demography,
discipline,
ethnicity,
gender,
globe,
historian,
history,
ignorance,
imagination,
knowledge,
linkage,
literature,
math,
mathematics,
professor,
psychology,
science,
scope,
spelling,
study,
topography,
transportation,
university
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Geography comes from a Latin word that means "a written description of the earth."
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associated with geography |
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map, social studies, survey |
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broader category that includes geography |
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science |
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some parts of geography |
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plate tectonics, topography |
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some tools for studying geography |
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atlas, globe, map |
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some topics of study in geography |
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animals, buildings, cities, climate, culture, deserts, lakes, land, mountains, nations, natural resources, oceans, plains, plants, rivers, seas, terrain, towns, transportation, waterways |
The word geography
contains the following parts:
geo
Greek
root
that means earth
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- terr, terra
graph, -graphy
Greek
root
that means writing, drawing, recording
Example words:
anemograph, arteriography, autobiography, autograph, autoradiograph, barograph, bibliography, biogeography, biography, cacography, calligraphy, cardiograph, cartography, chirography, choreography, chromolithography, chronograph, cinematography, cosmography, cryptography, crystallography, dactylography, demography, digraph, discography, electrocardiograph, electroencephalograph, epigraph, epigraphy, ethnography, geography, geopolitics, graph, graphic, graphics, graphite, graphology, hagiography, holograph, homograph, hydrography, iconography, lexicography, lithography, meteorograph, micrograph, microphotograph, mimeograph, monograph, myocardiograph, oceanography, orthography, oscillograph, paleography, pantograph, paragraph, petrography, phonograph, phonography, photograph, photography, photomicrograph, physiography, pictograph, planography, polygraph, pyrography, radiograph, radiotelegraph, roentgenography, seismograph, spectrograph, spectroheliograph, stenography, technography, telegraph, telephotography, thermograph, tomography, topography, typography, xerography, zoography
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