GEOGRAPHICS

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Meaning:

Study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation

Synonyms:

geographics; geography

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("geographics" is a kind of...):

earth science (any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geographics"):

physical geography; physiography (the study of physical features of the earth's surface)

topography (precise detailed study of the surface features of a region)

economic geography (the branch of geography concerned with the production and distribution of commodities)