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Physical Geography
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focuses on the study of the earth's physical features; looks at climate, land, water, plants, and animals in terms of their relationships to one another and to humans
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Human Geography
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the study of human activities and their relationship to the cultural and phusical environments; focuses on political, economic, and cultural factors, such as population density, urban development, economic production, and ethnicity
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Meteorology
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the study of weather and weather forecasting
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Historical Geography
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the study of places and himna activities over time and the various geographic factors that have shaped them
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Cartography
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involves the studying and making of maps
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GIS
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geographic information systems; computer tools that process and organize data and staellite images with other pieces of information gathered by geographers and other scientists
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