Geograafiakirjeldustes

Geograafiakirjeldustes is an Estonian term used to describe the practice of presenting geographical features and landscapes in written or spoken form. It is formed from geograafia (geography) and kirjeldus (description), with the suffix in the phrase geograafiakirjeldustes indicating a case form used to mean “in geographical descriptions.” The term is primarily lexical and descriptive, rather than referring to a distinct academic discipline.

In scope, geograafiakirjeldustes covers both natural and human geography as they appear in description. This includes the portrayal of landforms, climate, vegetation, and hydrology, as well as settlements, land use, transportation, and demographics. It also involves spatial relationships, orientation, scale, and the use of linguistic and stylistic devices to convey place, mood, and sense of location. For analysts and educators, the concept helps distinguish descriptive text about places from analytical or theoretical geographic writing.

Usage of the term is common in Estonian-language discussions of travel writing, geographic literature, textbooks, and linguistics that study descriptive language about places. It is not typically treated as a separate academic field; rather, it serves as a descriptive category for how geographic information is conveyed in text and discourse.

See also: geography, cartography, toponymy, landscape description, descriptive linguistics.