GeographyOnline version What is geography and what branches is it divided into? by Gehistart Artgeo 1 Regional geography 2 Geography (concept) 3 Human geography 4 Physical geography It studies the natural and human dimensions It is very important for territorial planning roads, buildings or water treatment plants, etc. It allows us to know the world around us better It let us to know the name of a city. But, if we do not know what services it offers (health, education, culture, commerce), what level of industrialization or influence it has over the rest of the nearby cities It tries to explain the use that human beings make of the territory, through the various activities It let us to analyze the resulting forms of spatial organization It explains the physical space It let us to understand the distribution of living beings on the surface