“Geography is concerned to provide accurate, orderly, and rational description and interpretation of the variable character of the earth surface.”

The quote "Geography is concerned to provide accurate, orderly, and rational description and interpr…" is famous quote by Richard Hartshorne (1899–1992), American Geographer.

Source: Perspective on the nature of geography (1958), p. 21

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