Geography

Rajmanova R
 Old world
• Combined continent – PANGAEA(ALL LANDS)
• Two pieces- north laurasia , south
godawanaland(eduard suess)
• Continental drift(alfred wegner)
 Physical geography
• Geomorphology- earath structure
• Hydrology- movement of water
• Oceanography – ocean currents, waves and
tides
• Climatology- climate
• Biogeography- distribution of flora and flauna
• Pedology – soil
• Paleontogy- fossils
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• Cartography – maps
• Chorology- distribution of plants, animals
• Demography – population geography
• Litho logy – characteristics of rocks
• Geology – chemical composition of eearth crust
• Potamology – rivers
• Orology – mountains
• Petrology- study of rocks and its composition.
 Plate tectonics- a holmes
• Earth lithos is divided into plates
Earth impo points