EXPLAIN OF SCIENCE SUPPORTING GEOGRAPHY

 

    To further clarify the scope of geography, below some disciplines that are closely related to geography, or are branches of geography:

1. Geology
   The study of the Earth as a whole: occurrence, structure, composition, history, and its development process.
2. Geophysics
   Science that examines the properties of the earth and in the methods of engineering physics, as mengkur earthquakes, gravity, magnetic fields, and so on.
3. Meteorology
   The study of the atmosphere, for example air, weather, temperature, wind, and so forth.
4. Astronomy
   The science that studies celestial objects beyond Earth's atmosphere, such as the sun, moon, stars, and space.
5. Biogeography
   The study of the geographical spread of living beings on this earth.
6. Geomorphology
   The study of the forms of the earth and all the processes that produce these forms.
7. Hydrographic
   Studies related to the recording, surveying and mapping of the sea, lakes, rivers, and so on.
8. Oceanography
   The study of the oceans, for example: the nature of sea water, tides, currents, depth, and so forth.
9. Paleontology
   Studies of fossils and other forms of life in the ancient (prehistoric), found under layers of earth.
10. Anthropogeography
    Branch mempelajasi geogafi the spread of the nations of the earth seen from the geographical angle. Therefore, also called ethnographic.
11. Mathematical Geography
    Geography with respect to the approximate shape, size and motion of the earth: geographic latitude and longitude, meridian, parallel, the surface area of ​​the earth and so on. Sometimes referred to as the geography of the technique.
12. Geography Historik
    Branch of geography that studies the Earth viewed from the angle of history and development.
13. Regional Geography
    Branch of geography that studies a certain breadth in particular, for example: Geography of the Middle East and so on.
14. Political Geography
    Special branch of geography that examines the conditions goegrafis terms of the politics or the interests of the state.
15. Physical Geography
    Branch of geography that examines the shape and structure of the earth's surface, which includes aspects of geomorphology and hydrology.
16. Human Geography
    Branch of geography that examines the social, economic, and cultural population.