Physical Geography Theme
Physical Geography deals with features of the natural landscape. It describes the distribution of physical phenomena across the surface of the earth and the reasons for that distribution (Johnson 1998).
Geography is a science of the earth that is concerned with how phenomena are spatially organized. Physical Geography attempts to determine why natural phenomena have particular spatial patterns and orientation (Pidwirny 1999). A listing of online Geography courses is available from the University of Texas.

 

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Johnson, Dan
  
1998
 Geography 210 - Physical Geography, Portland State University, Portland.
Pidwirny, M.
 
1999
 Geography 111: Introduction to Physical Geography I, Okanagan University
College, Kelowna, British Columbia.