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To: DallasBiff

I always thought geography was about the physical landforms and features themselves, without humanity being considered in it.

Relationships between people and their environments sounds more like sociology to me.


3 posted on 02/03/2023 2:45:01 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: metmom
“I always thought geography was about the physical landforms and features themselves, without humanity being considered in it.”

And you would be correct. This definition reeks of wokey-globull-warming leftist b.s.

6 posted on 02/03/2023 3:11:16 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: metmom

“I always thought geography was about the physical landforms and features themselves, without humanity being considered in it.”

No, it includes the political boundaries and sites (i.e., borders, countries, cities, etc.). That’s why atlases generally include a physical map (the terrain and waterways, etc.) and a political map (borders, countries, cities, etc.).

I’ve been into maps since I was a kid.

My Dad was a pilot in WWII and in the USAFR. When I was a kid he taught me the rudiments of navigation on a huge map of the world he had in his den. You know, latitude and longitude; degrees, minutes, and seconds; plotting courses, rhumb lines, etc. It came in handy later in life.


9 posted on 02/03/2023 3:35:51 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: metmom

Geography has gone woke.


10 posted on 02/03/2023 3:37:01 PM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: metmom
I always thought geography was about the physical landforms and features themselves

That would be geology.

22 posted on 02/03/2023 5:29:56 PM PST by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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To: metmom

Yes. Same here. Always loved geography in school, but it was the geographical place that was so interesting.


26 posted on 02/03/2023 5:59:14 PM PST by Exit148
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