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Classification of geographical disciplines

Geography is a subject that studies various natural and human phenomena and their relationships in the geographical environment of the earth's surface. There is no recognized classification system for subject general geography. In western Europe, geography is divided into two parts: general geography (that is, departmental geography) and thematic geography (that is, regional geography). General geography is divided into physical geography and human geography, and the two branches are divided into secondary branches. The former Soviet Union divided geography into two branches: physical geography and economic geography, and then it was divided into two branches. Western scholars divide geography into two parts: physical geography and human geography, or into three parts: physical geography, economic geography and human geography, and then into two branches. Physical Geography Physical geography is a kind of system of geography, which uses biology to study the global animals and plants, and uses mathematics and physics to study the movement of the earth itself and its relationship with other stars in the solar system. It is a subject that studies the position and spatial changes of the earth. :: Comprehensive