Chorology (from Greek , , "place, space"; and , -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).
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
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