What is the modern definition of geography?
The definition of geography comes from it’s root words: geo=earth and graphy=writing (broad version to include anything recorded including charts, art, maps, graphs, math problems, etc.) Geography is the study of any and all processes, relationships, and/or phenomenon that occur on the surface of earth. Most modern definitions include a qualifier that geography is specifically concerned about these processes, relationships, and phenomenon as they relate to or affect humans and include a spatial element. The spatial element qualifier is non-consequential, since there is no phenomenon that cannot be linked to a spatial element, even if the element is so vast as to include “everywhere on earth”. Other definitions will specify geography as a multidisciplinary and holistic philosophical framework that stresses spatial thinking about global or local problems. For example, the difference between biology and biological geography is the approach to the problem and the question asked. A biologis
