1. Welcome! to Physical Geography (Geog 1414)

2. Syllabus is on-line at: http://www.d.umn.edu/~pfarrell

3. What is Physical Geography? What is Geography?

4. an integrative discipline synthesizes ideas from other disciplines

5. Why what is where and so what?

6. Geographic Perspectives: 1.Spatial viewpoint 2. Synthesis 3. Representation

7. place space scale 1. Spatial Viewpoint

8. New Orleans before and after

9. place space scale

11. place space scale

15. Geographic Perspectives: 1.Spatial viewpointSpatial viewpoint 2. Synthesis 3. RepresentationRepresentation

16. 2. Synthesis Geography spans natural (physical / life) sciences and social (human / cultural) sciences.

17. Physical Geography climatology biogeography geomorphology soils geography hydrogeography political geography economic geography historical geography population geography Human Geography

18. Geographic Perspectives: 1.Spatial viewpoint 2. Synthesis 3. Representation

20. Physical Geography considers the surface of the earth and the interactions of the four realms that shape the surface: atmosphere lithosphere hydrosphere biosphere