environment vs geographic area

environment and geographic area both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
environment	Yes	No	No	No
geographic area	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, geographic area is a hypernym of environment; that is, geographic area is a word with a broader meaning than environment:

Other hypernyms of environment include geographic region, geographical area, geographical region.

environment (noun)	geographic area (noun)
the area in which something exists or lives	a demarcated area of the Earth
the totality of surrounding conditions