Physical geography is a system of sciences that study the structure, dynamics and functioning of the geographic envelope and its structural parts - natural-territorial complexes and their components, for the purpose of scientific substantiation of the territorial distribution of society, rational nature management and geographic forecasting. Physical geography is part of geography and science .
Physical geography is divided into the following sections:
- general geography , studying the general laws of the structure and development of the geographic shell of the Earth and its large structural parts;
- landscape science , studying the natural geosystems of regional-local rank.
Physical geography partially includes a group of physical and geographical sciences that study the individual components of the natural environment:
- biogeography
- soil geography ,
- geomorphology
- landscape geophysics ,
- landscape geochemistry ,
- glaciology
- paleogeography ,
- cryolithology (sometimes referred to as geology ).
Separately, the hydrometeorological direction is distinguished:
- meteorology
- climatology ,
- land hydrology ,
- oceanology .
Each of them also refers to one of the related natural sciences (for example, geomorphology and paleogeography - to geology, biogeography - to biology, etc.). Physical geography is also associated with geoecology , cartography , geoinformatics and economic geography .
Literature
- Dictionaries & Reference
- Milkov F.N. Dictionary-Reference for Physical Geography. - M .: Geografgiz , 1960 .-- 272 p. - 37,000 copies. (in per.)
- Four-language Encyclopedic Dictionary of Terms in Physical Geography: Russian-English-German-French / Comp. prof. I. S. Schukin ; Ed. prof. A.I. Spiridonova . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1980 .-- 704 p. - 55,000 copies. (per.)
- Solovyov A. I. , Karpov G. V. Dictionary Dictionary of Physical Geography: A Book for Teacher / Reviewers: Institute of Geography, USSR Academy of Sciences ; Cand. geo Sciences T. D. Alexandrova; prof. K.V. Pashkang . - M .: Enlightenment , 1983 .-- 224 p. - 100,000 copies. (per.)
- Textbooks and teaching aids
- Markov et al. Introduction to physical geography / Comp .: K. K. Markov , O. P. Dobrodeev , Yu. G. Simonov , I. A. Suetova . - M .: Higher school , 1978.- 192 p. - 10,000 copies. (region)
See also
- Public geography