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Physical Geography


Specialty Definitions: Physical Geography

DomainDefinitions

Geography

Branch of geography which deals with the description, analysis, classification and genetic interpretation of the natural features and phenomena of the Earth's surface. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Physical Geography

Synonym: physiography (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Physical Geography

English words defined with "physical geography": Selenography. (references)
Specialty definitions using "physical geography": physical sciences ♦ social and behavioral science, social and behavioural science. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Physical Geography

DomainTitle

Books

  • Dictionary of Physical Geography (reference)

  • Essentials of Physical Geography (reference)

  • Introducing Physical Geography (reference)

  • Physical Geography (reference)

  • Physical Geography : Science and Systems of the Human Environment (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Geografiska Annaler - Series A Physical Geography (reference)

  • Geographical Abstracts : Physical Geography (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Physical Geography of The United States (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Physical Geography

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

First attempt at a bathymetric map by Matthew Fontaine Maury Published in The Physical Geography of the Sea Showed vast relatively shoal area in Mid-Atlantic Gave birth to notion of "Telegraphic Plateau" Helped sell Trans-Atlantic telegraphic cable.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Physical Geography

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  physical geography

51
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Physical Geography

Language Translations for "physical geography"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

gjeografi fizike. (various references)

   

Danish

  

naturgeografi. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

natuurkundige aardrijkskunde, fysische geografie, fysische aardrijkskunde. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

luonnonmaantiede. (various references)

   

French

  

géographie physique (physiography). (various references)

   

German

  

physikalische Geographie. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φυσική γεωγραφία. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

fizikai földrajz (physiography). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

自然地理学 , 地文学 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しぜんちりがく, ちもんがく. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ysicalphay eographygay

   

Portuguese

  

geografia física (physiologist). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

geografie fizicã (physiography). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

fizička geografija. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

geografía física (physiography). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

naturgeografi. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

fiziki coğrafya (physiography). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Physical Geography

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-g-g-h-h-i-l-o-p-p-r-s-y-y"

-4 letters: hyperphysical.

-5 letters: archipelagos, geographical, hyperphagias, paleographic, physiography.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Physical Geography


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 68 79 73 69 63 61 6C      47 65 6F 67 72 61 70 68 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101000 01111001 01110011 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000111 01100101 01101111 01100111 01110010 01100001 01110000 01101000 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#104 &#121 &#115 &#105 &#99 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#71 &#101 &#111 &#103 &#114 &#97 &#112 &#104 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0068 0079 0073 0069 0063 0061 006C      0047 0065 006F 0067 0072 0061 0070 0068 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50749185756967782417181738467827491

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Bibliographic Items: "physical geography"


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Amazon.com BOOKS: Search for: "physical geography"

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Public Service or Web Sites Triggered by: Physical Geography