是研究地球表面的地理環境中各種自然現象和人文現象，以及它們之間相互關係的學科。漢語“地理”一詞最早見於《易經》。英文中地理一詞則來源於希臘文hê gê（意為“地球”）和graphein（意為“寫”）。
中國古代最早的地理書籍包括了《尚書-禹貢》和《山海經》等。古代的地理學主要探索關於地球形狀、大小有關的測量方法，或對已知的地區和國傢進行描述。
地理非常特殊，因為既有自然（自然地理），又有人文的（人文地理），所以地理是文理兼併的一門大科學
Is to study the earth's surface geography of various natural phenomena and human phenomena, and their mutual relations between the disciplines. Chinese "Geography" is first seen in "Book of Changes." Geography in English the word is derived from the Greek hê gê (meaning "Earth") and graphein (meaning "write").
The earliest Chinese ancient geography books including "Book of History - Yu Gong" and "Shan Hai Jing". Discover the ancient geography of the main shape of the earth, the size of the measurement method, or known to describe regions and countries.
Geography is unique because of both natural (physical geography), but also the humanities (human geography), so geography is a merger of a large Arts and Science