Geography
Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments, how human culture interacts with the natural environment, and the way that locations and places can have an impact on people.
Climatology (study of long term weather called climate and its effects on life).
Human Geography
Biogeography ( study of plant and animal life and processes).
Hence we have two main sub-disciplines in geography. These sub-disciplines are Physical Geography (natural sciences) and Human Geography (social sciences)
Physical Geography
studies the people, cultures and communities existing in the world with a view of understanding its effects on the environment and vice versa.
Hydrology (study of all forms of water underground, over-ground and in the cloud).
Physical Geography studies the all processes and pattern that can be consider natural on the Earth’s surface and since it is has been established in the science that the earth came into existence before humans, the physical environment is always studied first.
1.Cultural Geography
2.Economic Geography (studying the relationship between economic systems and the biophysical environment).
3.Historical Geography (understanding world history in terms of space and time).
4.Population Geography (studying cultural composition, growth, migration patterns as related to nature of places).
5.Political Geography (studying political and governmental features of regions)6..Settlement 6.Geography (defining what could be termed rural and urban areas and why?)
7.Health (Medical) Geography (health and disease study across space and place).
Sub-fields in Physical Geography are numerous but they can be broadly categorized into 5 which are
Pedology ( the study of soils).
Geomorphology
study of the physical features of the surface of the earth and their relation to its geological structures.
Relationship of Geography
with other Discipline