Different Branches of Geography

PSC General Knowledge Questions and Answers on Different Branches of Geography.

• Cartography: Deals with the production and study of maps and charts.


• Climatology: Study of climatic features such temperature, precipitation and humidity.


• Chorology: Study of geographical areas, plants and animal distribution.


• Demography: Describes the structure of human population and their dynamic aspects.


• Lithology: Deals with the characteristics of rocks.



• Geomorphology: Study of land forms, their distribution and origin and the forces that change them.


• Hydrology: Study of water on earth, oceans, river, glaciers etc.


• Oceanography: Studies the ocean current waves and tides.


• Geology: Study of the chemical composition of earth’s crust.


• Potamology: Study of rivers.


• Pedology: Science of nature, properties, formation, distribution and function of soils and their response to use, management and manipulation.


• Paleontology: study of fossils.


• Orology: Study of mountains.


• Petrology: Study of the origin, composition and structure of rocks.