physical geography

one of the two major subfields of geography
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physical geography

Summary

physical geography is a branch of geography[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of branch_of_geography entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (698 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • physical geography's instance of is recorded as branch of geography[3].
  • physical geography's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[4].
  • physical geography's founder is recorded as Alexander von Humboldt[5].
  • physical geography is a type of geography[6].
  • physical geography is a type of natural science[7].
  • physical geography is part of physical geography and environmental geoscience[8].
  • physical geography's Commons category is recorded as Physical geography[9].
  • physical geography's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Physical geography[10].
  • physical geography's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Physical geography[11].
  • physical geography's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • physical geography's topic has template is recorded as Template:Physical geography topics[13].
  • physical geography's practiced by is recorded as physical geographer[14].
  • physical geography's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Geography[15].

Body

Publication

physical geography is part of it and environmental geoscience[8].

Why It Matters

physical geography ranks in the top 7% of branch_of_geography entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (698 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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