world geography

Study of nations

World geography is the study of Earth's physical features, climates, and human populations across regions and nations.

It encompasses landforms, bodies of water, political boundaries, and how people interact with their environments.

As an academic subject, it covers map reading, continental divisions, and global patterns: She aced the world geography exam.

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scale/scope

world geographylocal geography

Physical features of an area

local topography · microgeography · backyard · hometown

abstraction level

world geographyworld history

Record of all peoples

political science · cultural anthropology · human geography · geopolitics · economic geography

academic domain

world geographyintrospection

Observing one's own mind

self-knowledge · inner world · psychology · personal history · autobiography

Family

world, geography, worlds, worldly, worldwide, otherworldly, worldliness, unworldly, geographic

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G