noun
Refers to the academic subject, the physical features of a region, or geographical characteristics.
彼は大学で地理を専攻している。
He is majoring in geography at university.
この地域の地理は複雑だ。
The geography of this region is complex.
Compound of 地 (chi, 'earth, land') and 理 (ri, 'principle, reason'), literally 'principles of the land'. The term was adopted in the Meiji period as a translation for Western 'geography'.