L2 Geography (L2GEO)

Geography is the study of the Earth’s physical features, environments, and how humans interact with them. It explores both natural aspects—such as landforms, climates, and ecosystems—and human-made elements, like cities, infrastructure, and cultural patterns.

Geography is typically divided into two main branches:

1. Physical Geography – focuses on natural features and processes, including mountains, rivers, weather, climate, and ecosystems.

2. Human Geography – examines human activities and their relationship to the environment, such as population distribution, urban development, culture, and economics.

At level 2 geography is developed to include is the study of the environment as the home of people. It seeks to interpret the world and how it changes over time - past, present and future. It explores the relationships and connections between people and both natural and cultural environments. Geography investigates the ways in which features are arranged on the earths surface. It describes and explains the patterns ad processes that create them.

Students who take geography learn to think spatially, use maps, visual images and new technologies including Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to obtain, present and analyses complex information.

This course aims to further develop an understanding of relationships between people and their environment, through the study of a variety of topics including:
 Large natural environment of Tongariro National Park
 Fluvial process and water quality of the Manwatu River
 Geographic patterns of Global Tropical Rainforests