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physical geography

one of the two major subfields of geography
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Summary

physical geography is a branch of geography[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of branch of geography entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,724 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic discipline[3]
  • Founder: Alexander von Humboldt[4]
  • Subclass of: geography[5], natural science[6]
  • Part of: physical geography and environmental geoscience[7]
  • Commons category: Physical geography[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Physical geography[9]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Physical geography[10]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Physical geography topics[12]
  • Practiced by: physical geographer[13]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Geography[14]
  • P14541: 3Ca7Ru[15]

Why It Matters

physical geography has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Alexander von Humboldt climatology geography geomorphology Jannes Muenchow Matthew Fontaine Maury natural science topography

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Directory of Open Access Journals. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basisklassifikation → 38.09
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Basisklassifikation: 38.09, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/59769581|Physische Geographie (#59769581)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1786|Basisklassifik"
  2. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → physical-geography
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: physical-geography, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950065|physical geography (#289950065)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
  3. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3Ca7Ru
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001861-fyzicka-geografie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001861-fyzicka-geografie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  5. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image purged at → —
    Part of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Image unavailable reason → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 2634, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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