geography

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ge·og·ra·phy | \ jē-ˈä-grə-fē

plural geographies

Essential Meaning of geography

1 : an area of study that deals with the location of countries, cities, rivers, mountains, lakes, etc.

2 : the natural features (such as rivers, mountains, etc.) of a place studying the geography of the western United States regional geographies

Full Definition of geography

1 : a science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface

2 : the geographic features of an area

3 : a treatise on geography

4a : a delineation or systematic arrangement of constituent elements : configuration the philosophers … have tried to construct geographies of human reason — Times Literary Supplement

b : makeup sense 1 her emotional geography

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Examples of geography in a Sentence

studying the geography of the western United States the geography of the region matches ancient descriptions of the location of the lost city

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