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The Geography Portal

Geography is the study of the location, extent, distribution, frequency and interaction of all significant elements of the human and physical environment on or near the Earth's surface, particularly its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity. The word geography derives from the Greek Î³Î· (ge) or Î³Î±Î¹Î± (gaia) ("Earth") and Î³ÏÎ±Ï†ÎµÎ¹Î½ (graphein) ("to inscribe"). Physical geography focuses on the physical, meteorological and ecological patterns and processes on Earth. Human geography focuses on economic, political and cultural processes and features in their spatial dimensions. In addition to studying human and natural features of Earth, Geographers also study Earth's place in the Solar System and the Universe and how this affects the Earth features (e.g. climate, sea currents and tides), as well as physical processes on other planets.

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Subportals

Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	Latin America	Oceania	Atlas

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Portal:Geography/Featured article/September, 2010

Archive · Geography featured articles

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Portal:Geography/Featured picture/2010, week 35

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Did you know...

... that the Upper Harz Water Regale (pictured), a network of dams, lakes, ditches, and tunnels built between 1536 and 1866 to supply water to the mines of the Harz mountains in Germany, is the largest of its kind in Europe?
... that the 1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake destroyed all the buildings of Port-au-Prince, in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (the future Haiti)?
... that the early-February 1995 winter storm was the only major nor'easter of the 1994-1995 winter?
... that nearly all the trees and mangroves of La Ventanilla, Oaxaca, Mexico, were destroyed by Hurricanes Pauline and Rick in 1997?

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Antarctica	Afro-Eurasia	Americas
Australia	Africa	Eurasia
North America	Oceania	Europe
Asia	South America	Supercontinents: Gondwana - Laurasia - Pangaea - Rodinia

Oceania: Australasia | Melanesia | Micronesia | Polynesia | Pacific Rim

Polar areas: Arctic | Antarctic

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WikiProjects

WikiProject Geography

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Lac des Confins - WikiProject Lakes

Cities - Countries - Country subdivisions - Demographics - Former Countries - Geographical coordinates - Glaciers - Lakes - Maps - Mountains - Protected areas - Rivers - Subdivisions of former countries - Tropical cyclones - Urban studies and planning - Waterfalls

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Please feel free to list your new Geography-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.