geography 地理學

地理學是研究地球表面的地理環境中各種自然現象和人文現象，以及它們之間相互關係的學科。「地理」一詞最早見於中國《易經》。英文中地理一詞則來源於希臘文hê gê（意為「地球」）和graphein（意為「寫」）。
Geography (from the Greek words Geo (γη) or Gaea (γαια), both meaning "Earth", and graphein (γραφειν) meaning "to describe" or "to write"or "to map") is the study of the earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe the Earth".
Modern geography is an all-encompassing discipline that foremost seeks to understand the world and all of its human and natural complexities-- not merely where objects are, but how they have changed and come to be. As "the bridge between the human and physical sciences,"
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