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Definition of Physical geography
1. Noun. The study of physical features of the earth's surface.
Definition of Physical geography
1. Noun. (geography) The subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Physical Geography
Literary usage of Physical geography
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"See Military service—Physical fitness physical geography Contributions of geodesy
... Sei Am S 83:82-3 F 10 '17 physical geography of the southern Algerian- ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"physical geography—Continued Mexico Frontier region of Mexico, bibliog il map
Geog Experiments ... J Geog 14:161-5 F '16 physical geography of Washington. ..."
3. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1905)
"While laboratory manuals of physical geography are becoming almost numerous, few,
if any, are as comprehensive in scope as the volume under discussion. ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1908)
"The author is Professor of Geology in the University of Paris, and is well known
for his valuable researches on the physical geography and geology of the ..."
5. Geographical Essays by William Morris Davis (1909)
"XII FIELD WORK IN physical geography The character of the practical exercises in
a course in physical geography that follows a course on geology will be ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1849)
"physical geography. WE have here combined the best of all books, and the best of
all maps, for the study of the most interesting description of Geography. ..."
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