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What are the two ways of studying geographical problems?

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There are two ways of studying geographical problems are mentioned below:
(i)One of the way is to select a geographical factor such as climate and study its mechanism to study the topology and to examine the causes and consequences of their spatial distribution on the surface of the earth.
(ii)Alternately one can start with a region, a state or a river basin and study it from different perspectives to understand the uniqueness to diagnose its problems and to suggest policies and plans to solve the problems.

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