Ecological aspects of teaching the course «General geography» in pedagogical institutions of higher education

Physical geography plays a leading role in the environmental education of geography students. It studies the integrity of the natural environment through a system of knowledge about the geographical envelope, biosphere, the cycle of matter and the transformation of solar energy, the relationship of components of nature, natural-territorial complexes, which allows students to show students the unity of the Earth's nature. at the global, regional and local levels.