Talk:Physical geography
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[edit] Request for Feedback
Nice use of pictures to illustrate some of the fields. Can you continue that for the whole list? I would also like to see a discussion of when "physical geography" was used as an umbrella term for all of these fields; is it currently the mainstream term to indicate all these fields; and how it relates to the term "natural history." VisitorTalk 03:17, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Physiography and inline citations
I added the tag about no inline citations so the article will be more clear where these terms come from. Along the same lines, I have found a couple of references that may help show an area of confusion with the term "physiography" (and may need the 'redirct' changed). For further information (and to see the references), please see Physiographic regions of the world. I would also appreciate any assistance on that article if anybody else cares to help. Thanks. wbfergus Talk 14:00, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Overlap
The salinization image is overlapping the far right column of text under the literature section. Could this be corrected in any way?
[edit] Distinctiveness
How is physical geography distinct from Geoscience? I've always understood them to be synonyms.
Proginoskes (talk) 15:45, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
- The distinction tends to be based on physical geography largely examining surface and above features and on a timescale usually going no further back than the Quaternary. Whereas, Geoscience is an umbrella term used to group physical geography and geology together. Although the distinction is somewhat arbitrary as many research just go where their interest are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.168.156 (talk) 21:44, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
