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chorology

British  
/ kəˈrɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the study of the causal relations between geographical phenomena occurring within a particular region

  2. the study of the spatial distribution of organisms

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Other Word Forms

  • chorologist noun

Etymology

Origin of chorology

C20: from German Chorologie, from Greek khōros place + -logy

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The striking and interesting facts of chorology can be explained only by the theory of evolution, and therefore we must count them among the most important of its inductive bases.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

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