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geografico

Geografico is an adjective used in several Romance languages to indicate a relation to geography or to the geographic dimension of a subject. Its etymology traces to the Greek geo- meaning earth and -graphia meaning writing or description, via Latin geographia. In practice, geografico (masculine) or geográfica (feminine) is used in Spanish; geografico is the Italian form; and geográfico/geográfica with diacritics in Portuguese. The term appears in phrases such as característica geográfica, región geográfica, distribución geográfica, and coordenadas geográficas. It distinguishes spatial aspects from related domains such as geológico (geology) or cartográfico (cartography).

In geography, geografico describes both physical geography (landforms, climate, ecosystems) and human geography (population distribution, cultural

landscapes,
economic
activity).
It
is
common
in
discussions
of
maps,
spatial
analysis,
and
geospatial
data,
including
geographic
information
systems
(GIS).
The
word
can
also
occur
in
scholarly
writing
to
denote
the
geographic
scope
of
a
study
or
the
geographic
distribution
of
phenomena.
When
translating
to
English,
the
corresponding
term
is
geographic
or
geographical,
depending
on
style.
The
usage
is
generally
straightforward
and
often
combined
with
nouns
to
specify
the
geographic
dimension
of
a
subject.