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Supercontinents

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There existed seven major supercontinents in the world as follows:

  • Vaalbara: The first most ancient supercontinent that existed about 3.6 to 2.8 billion years ago from the end of the Eoarchean era to the beginning of the Neoarchean era with very little land.
  • Ur: It existed around 3 billion years ago and included present Australia, Africa, and India. However, its dimensions were less than present Australia.
  • Kenorland: Formed during Neoarchean era, with the merger of several cratons like Kaapval and Pilbara. After its breaking, glacia…

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Relationship of Geography with Other Disciplines: Introduction, Interactions or Relations with Other Sciences, Branches of Geography

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Introduction

  • Geography is a holistic discipline dealing with both the physical surroundings and the human life associated with it.
  • Hence we have two branches physical and human geography, the first being more scientific in nature and the second being a perfect social science.

Interactions or Relations with Other Sciences

  • The physical geography explains the processes and phenomena on the earth surface using empirical models and quantitative techniques.
  • In the same way, human geography studies the facts using quantitative methods which are a scientific approach. Geography is related with many environmental sciences in depth.

Branches of Geography

Geography has two main branches, i.e.. , p…

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