Question

Discuss the nature and scope of geography with emphasis on geomorphology

Answer 1

Nature and scope of geography with emphasis on geomorphology:

• The nature of the discipline of Geomorphology can be regarded as homologous to the 'formation of features' beneath and above the surface of the Earth due to actions like erosion, deposition, and metamorphosis.

• The scope of Geomorphology is limited to the physical configuration of the features present above and beneath the 'surface of the Earth'.

• Geomorphology is a subordinate discipline of Geography that particularly deals with the 'study of geological structures' and the relations between them.

Answer 2

Through the perspective of geomorphology, geography is a science that has its focus on the origins and evolution of the topographic features and the bathymetric features, that have been created under the influence of physical, chemical, or biologic processes that are operating on the Erth's surface, or near the Earth's surface.