Geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping skills are also important to geologists.
In geographic terms (and for this page), "sea" is used in the name of specific, smaller bodies of seawater. Seas of the world usually make up partly landlocked areas within the much larger five great oceans.
In 1865, The Royal Geographical Society gave Mt Everest its English name in honour of George Everest, a Welsh surveyor who was the British Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843. The mountain has other names in languages such as Nepali and Tibetan.
It's all about connectivity - not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That's what makes a city go.
In France, we have a geographic situation that is very exceptional, and it creates produce that is completely exceptional.
The geographical isolation and lack of television made world happenings and problems seem remote.
National Geographic say Barcelona's Barceloneta beach is the world's best urban beach, and yet before the city's redevelopment for the '92 Olympics, there were no tourist beaches, only industry.