physiographic province
noun
a geographic region in which climate and geology have given rise to an array of landforms different from those of surrounding regions.
Origin of physiographic province
1First recorded in 1910–15
Words Nearby physiographic province
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How to use physiographic province in a sentence
This southern border of hills is the edge of the “Cumberland Plateau” physiographic province.
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