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Before his disastrous invasion of Russia, Napoleon Bonaparte said, “Geography is destiny!” This assertion prompts thinking ...

What jobs can you get with a geography degree? Geography graduates have developed skills in mathematics and analytics as they study the Earth’s physical characteristics. Many graduates pursue careers ...

Baber gathering fossils at Mazon Creek, Illinois, 1895, during the first field class at the University of Chicago to which women were admitted. Photo from University of Chicago Photographic Archive, ...

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A student once told me, halfway through the term, “I thought this class would be about memorizing countries. But now I can’t stop seeing systems.” He said it during a discussion about climate ...

Physical geography integrates and inter-relates landforms, water, soils, climate, and vegetation as the major natural elements of the environment. The focus of physical geography is on the zone of the ...

From Timbuktu to Talladega, there's a whole world out there and we're about to explore it with a collection of geography facts guaranteed to put your knowledge to the test. Whether you’re an expert on ...

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Geo comes from the Greek word for Earth and the "graphy" part comes from the Greek word which means to write about something. Thus geo and graphy literally means "to write about the Earth." Geography ...