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social science subjects > geography > history of geography > history of physical geography

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history of physical geography  

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  • Physical geography has a history that spans several thousand years, which is often intertwined with developments in geography's other major field of study, human geography. Some of the first applications of knowledge involving physical geography occurred more than 4,000 yrs. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Physical Geography, History of]

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