Chorology

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Distribution map of two Cedrus species

Chorology (from Greek Template:Lang, Template:Transliteration, "place, space"; and Template:Lang, -logia) can mean

• the study of the causal relations between geographical phenomena occurring within a particular region
• the study of the spatial distribution of organisms (biogeography).

Use

The Greek geographer, Strabo (64 or 63 BC- 24AD) wrote in his work Geographica that a geographer is "the person who attempts to describe the parts of the earth" (in Greek, chorographein).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the twentieth century, German geographer Alfred Hettner used the term: Template:Quote

In the US, Richard Hartshorne worked on the notion again.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The term was popularized by Ferdinand von Richthofen.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• Chorography
• Khôra

References

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