shì yán jiū dì qiú biǎo miàn de dì lǐ huán jìng zhōng gè zhǒng zì rán xiàn xiàng hé rén wén xiàn xiàng，
yǐ jí tā men zhī jiān xiāng hù guān xì de xué kē。
hàn yǔ “ dì lǐ ” yī cí zuì zǎo jiàn yú《
yì jīng》。
yīng wén zhōng dì lǐ yī cí zé lái yuán yú xī là wén hêgê（
yì wéi“
dì qiú”）
hé graphein（
yì wéi“
xiě”）。
zhōng guó gǔ dài zuì zǎo de dì lǐ shū jí bāo kuò liǎo《
shàng shū -
yǔ gòng》
hé《
shān hǎi jīng》
děng。
gǔ dài de dì lǐ xué zhù yào tàn suǒ guān yú dì qiú xíng zhuàng、
dà xiǎo yòu guān de cèliáng fāng fǎ，
huò duì yǐ zhī de dì qū hé guó jiā jìn xíng miáo shù。
dì lǐ fēi cháng tè shū，
yīn wéi jì yòu zì rán（
zì rán dì lǐ），
yòu yòu rén wén de（
rén wén dì lǐ），
suǒ yǐ dì lǐ shì wén lǐ jiān bìng de yī mén dà kē xué
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