geography

The study of places, maps, and the Earth's natural features and people.

• I like geography at school.
• We studied rivers in our geography lesson.
• Did you pass your geography exam?

Common phrases: study geography, geography lesson, geography teacher, human geography

The positions and features of rivers, mountains, towns, and other places in an area.

• I know the local geography well.
• The geography of this region includes mountains and deep valleys.
• The coastline has shaped the city's geography.

How to use it: geography of a place (The geography of the island makes road building difficult.)

Similar words: layout, terrain

Common phrases: local geography, geography of something, regional geography

The way the different parts of something are arranged or connected.

• The essay maps the geography of fear.
• Their friendship changed the emotional geography of her life.
• The author explores the strange geography of the mind.

How to use it: geography of something (The novel explores the geography of memory.)

Similar words: arrangement, layout, structure

Common phrases: emotional geography, political geography, geography of something