是研究地球表面的地理环境中各种自然现象和人文现象，以及它们之间相互关系的学科。汉语“地理”一词最早见于《易经》。英文中地理一词则来源于希腊文hê gê（意为“地球”）和graphein（意为“写”）。
中国古代最早的地理书籍包括了《尚书-禹贡》和《山海经》等。古代的地理学主要探索关于地球形状、大小有关的测量方法，或对已知的地区和国家进行描述。
地理非常特殊，因为既有自然（自然地理），又有人文的（人文地理），所以地理是文理兼并的一门大科学
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