The science dealing with the earth and its life, especially the description of land,
sea, and air and the distribution of plant and animal life, including humanity and
human industries with reference to the mutual relations of these elements. (From Webster,
3d ed)
Note générale sur le champ d'application :
IM as the discipline (education, history, etc); NIM with no qualifiers as a coordinate;
do not use for epidemiologic aspects of disease, index disease /epidemiol + geographic
location term