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.
0 Comments