geography

géographie

Étude des lieux, des cartes, des caractéristiques naturelles de la Terre et des populations.

En anglais simple : The study of places, maps, and the Earth's natural features and people.

• I like geography at school.
• We studied rivers in our geography lesson.
• Did you pass your geography exam?

Expressions courantes : study geography, geography lesson, geography teacher, human geography

géographie

Emplacement et caractéristiques des rivières, montagnes, villes et autres lieux d’une région.

En anglais simple : The positions and features of rivers, mountains, towns, and other places in an area.

• I know the local geography well.
• The geography of this region includes mountains and deep valleys.
• The coastline has shaped the city's geography.

Comment l'utiliser : geography of a place (The geography of the island makes road building difficult.)

Synonymes : layout, terrain

Expressions courantes : local geography, geography of something, regional geography

géographie, agencement

Manière dont les différentes parties d’une chose sont disposées ou reliées.

En anglais simple : The way the different parts of something are arranged or connected.

• The essay maps the geography of fear.
• Their friendship changed the emotional geography of her life.
• The author explores the strange geography of the mind.

Comment l'utiliser : geography of something (The novel explores the geography of memory.)

Synonymes : arrangement, layout, structure

Expressions courantes : emotional geography, political geography, geography of something