Geographers speak of the eye of a storm and the mouth of a river. These borrow terms from what?
AArchitecture
BHuman anatomy
CMusic notation
DMathematics
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Human anatomy
1. Both physical and human features are described in body metaphors.
2. Face of the earth, snout of a glacier, neck of an isthmus.
3. Roads are called arteries of circulation.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 1, Human Geography: Nature and Scope._
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