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  What is Geography?   Geography is a combination of two Greek words, Geo and Graphein. Geo means the Earth and Grapheinmeans to write, to draw or to describe.These two words together formed Geographia, which means to draw, to write about or describe the Earth. These meanings led to the development of the early definition of Geography which referred to description of the Earth by words, maps and statistics including both the physical earth and everything found on it such as plants, animals and people. Therefore, Geography is the study of the distribution and interrelationship of phenomena in relation to earth surface or Geography is the study of the Earth and its environment. BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY   There are three branches of Geography, namely: Physical Geography, which is mainly concerned with land formation processes, weather and climate.   Human and Economic Geography, which involves the study of human activities on the Earth’s surface.   Practical G...

  The fishing industry is all processes that involve the extraction of fishes and other aquatic animals and processing them for final consumption. The fishing industry is well developed in Norway and it takes place in the north sea. Norway is the leading country in the fishing sector in Europe. Fishing is done in the sea because fish farming inland is difficult due to the harsh climate . The species commonly fished are cod and herring.   The following are factors for the development of the fishing industry in Norway Good transport and communication . for example there are advanced ports like Trondeim, Alesund and Oslo Strong support from the government . Government support the industry by training the expert in the field and making strong policies to support the industry The presence of wide variety of fish species like capelin, cod, herring and sprats. The use of modern fishing methods like trawling and drift netting. Capital for investing in fisheries is readily ava...

They lack capital to invest in forestry industry. There is a problem of lacking skilled labour. There is a problem of poor transport. Most forests in Africa are now experiencing a severe problem of soil erosion. The gestation period of most of valuable trees is very long and this does not match with the demand for them. The tropical forest jungle environmental conditions threaten the life of forest workers. The size of trees felled in Africa is too large with great weight makes it difficult for the transportation of logs to the saw mills. The buttress roots which are common presents problems when felling. African forests contain a thick undergrowth which makes accessibility hard. Lack of pure stands of valuable trees. Lack of constant market for the tropical land wood. The commercial exploitation of forest in Africa is mostly practised in West Africa and Central Africa where there is vast cover of thick forests. Among the countries where commercial exploitation takes place include Gabo...