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What is the difference between Geology and Geography?

What is the difference between Geology and Geography?

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Asked by E. Barnes, Last updated: Nov 15, 2024

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Answered Nov 27, 2018

This is a sum and part situation. Geography is the study of the earth and the atmosphere and how they react to the various things living on the surface. Geology is the study of the earth’s physical structure, the history, and the different processes that act on the earth (such as desertification, erosion, and weathering).

In this respect, geography is the whole, and geology is the part. While one can study both, studying geology is to study a more specific area of geography. However, there are other specific areas of geography that can be studied. Even geology has more specialized areas.

Which one you study all depends on what you like. Take some basic courses in both of the areas and go from there.

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Answered Jun 13, 2018

Geology (Geoscience) is the study of the Earth, the rocks and materials that it comprises. It includes study of the processes affecting earth materials including organisms.

Geography is a wider subject including the study of peoples of the Earth, as well as Earth's natural features: the seas, mountains, rivers and phenomena. It includes measurement, and some geographers specialise in this aspect alone.

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