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geography

ge.og.ra.phy \je--'a:g-r*-fe-\ n [L geographia, fr. Gk geo-graphia, fr. 
   geographein to desc] often attrib ribe the earth's surface, fr. geo-- + 
   graphein to write - more at CARVE 1: a science that deals with the earth 
   and its life; esp : the desc ription of land, sea, air, and the 
   distribution of plant and animal life including man and his industries 2: 
   the geographic features of an area  3: a treatise on geography  4: a 
   delineation or systematic arrangement of constitutent elements :  
   CONFIGURATION