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Geography is the science that studies the lands, the features, the Map of Earth
inhabitants, and the phenomena of the Earth. A literal translation
would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to
use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes (276194 BC). Four
historical traditions in geographical research are the spatial analysis
of the natural and the human phenomena (geography as the study of
distribution), the area studies (places and regions), the study of the
human-land relationship, and research in the Earth sciences. Modern
geography is an all-encompassing discipline that foremost seeks to understand the Earth and all of its
human and natural complexitiesnot merely where objects are, but how they have changed and come
to be. Geography has been called "the world discipline" and "the bridge between the human and the
physical science". Geography is divided into two main branches: human geography and physical
geography.

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Zion National Park is a Daniel Boone was an
national park located in the American pioneer and
Southwestern United hunter whose frontier
States, near Springdale, exploits made him one of
Utah. In 1909, President the first folk heroes of the
William Howard Taft United States. Boone is
named the area a National most famous for his
Monument to protect the canyon, under the exploration and settlement
name of Mukuntuweap National Monument, and of what is now the U.S.
in 1918 the park's name was changed to Zion. A Commonwealth of
prominent feature of the 229-square-mile Kentucky, which was then beyond the western
(590 km2) park is Zion Canyon, which is borders of the Thirteen Colonies. Despite
15 miles (24 km) long and up to half a mile resistance from American Indians, for whom
(800 m) deep, cut through the reddish and tan- Kentucky was a traditional hunting ground, in
colored Navajo Sandstone by the North Fork of 1775 Boone blazed the Wilderness Road
the Virgin River. The lowest elevation is 3,666 ft through the Cumberland Gap and into
(1,117 m) at Coalpits Wash and the highest Kentucky. There he founded Boonesborough,
elevation is 8,726 ft (2,660 m) at Horse Ranch one of the first English-speaking settlements
Mountain. Located at the junction of the beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Before the
Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave end of the 18th century, more than 200,000
Desert regions, the park's unique geography and European people migrated to Kentucky and
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Desert regions, the park's unique geography and
variety of life zones allow for unusual plant and Virginia by following the route marked by
animal diversity. Numerous plant species as well Boone. He was a legend in his own lifetime,
as 289 species of birds, 75 mammals (including especially after an account of his adventures
19 species of bat), and 32 reptiles inhabit the was published in 1784, making him famous in
park's four life zones: desert, riparian, woodland, America and Europe. After his death, he was
and coniferous forest. Human habitation of the frequently the subject of tall tales and works of
area started about 8,000 years ago with small fiction. His adventuresreal and legendary
family groups of Native Americans. The park were influential in creating the archetypal
includes mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, Western hero of American folklore. In
monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural American popular culture, he is remembered as
arches. one of the foremost early frontiersmen, even
though the mythology often overshadows the
historical details of his life.
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13 August 1935 Formation Geography-related lists
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Agustn Codazzi Branches of geography
13 August 1894 Geographic classifications
Incorporation of Morrison, Oklahoma Geography conferences
30 August 1844 Birth of Friedrich Geography education
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This photo, taken the day after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, shows the damage it caused to the National
Palace of Haiti. The palace's collapsed cupola has become a symbol of the devastation caused by the
quake. The Haitian government is currently in the process of demolishing the remains in preparation
for reconstruction.

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Antarctica Afro-Eurasia Americas

Australia Africa Eurasia

North America Oceania Europe

Supercontinents:
Gondwana Laurasia
Asia South America
Pangaea Rodinia

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Africa Antarctica Arctic Asia Caribbean Central

America

Europe European Islands Latin MediterraneanMiddle East

Union America

North Oceania Oceans South

America America

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