Geography
Frequency 1st Monday of alternate months
Time 2-3.30pm
Venue Longhirst Village Hall
Leader Dave Merritt
We started our Geography Group in March 2022.
Geography is a spatial science. It asks: where are things located and why are they there?
It has many branches, for example population - which parts of the world are densely populated? Why? Which have few people? Why?
And transport - what does the road network look like in the UK? Why does that pattern exist?
A large subsection of Geography is the Physical side which looks at things like climate, soils, vegetation, landforms and the processes behind them. So, in Northumbria we are transected by a line of hard igneous rock which forms upstanding landscapes. It can be seen outcropping at High Force, Crag Lough and Bamburgh Castle.
So far we have looked at The Geography of Retailing, Water, Russia, Africa, Tourism, Climate Change, Population, Agriculture and Food Security and some coastal and glacial landforms. A popular session looked at Urban Geography taking Newcastle upon Tyne as an example.
In many ways, all life is Geography! Many stories in the news have a spatial, geographical component. Thus our sessions are relevant and provide much opportunity for discussion which the group are always willing to take.
We meet on alternate months.
In early 2024 we did some Physical Geography. In January it was UK weather and how to understand the weather forecasters. In March we tackled River Landforms and how they come to be. In May we are looking at Globalisation.