Chorology

• 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).

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

In the US, Richard Hartshorne worked on the notion again.

The term was popularized by Ferdinand von Richthofen.

See also

• Chorography
• Khôra

References