What are the three broad categories of geographic analyses, and why do geographers favor their integration to most effectively study and understand systems?

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Answers should include:
1) Physical—Landforms and the environment
2) Cultural—People, culture, and cultural landscapes
3) Political—Political economies
Geographers favor the integration of these three forms of analysis because of the interconnections between these categories, maintaining that none of these categories can be studied without referencing the other two.

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