orography
noun
the branch of physical geography dealing with mountains.
orographic
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a word derived from
orography.
Example Sentences
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Convective and orographic are often more avoidable - it is the clear-air turbulence that, as the name might imply, cannot be seen.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2025
It happened with Hurricane Lane in Hawaii in 2018 and can also happen in other tropical cyclone-prone locations with significant orographic, or mountain, effects, such as the west coast of Mexico.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2023
“In lower to mid-level elevations, we’re expecting really strong winds coming from the south, which will really intensify the orographic component of the rainfall,” meaning it will produce a lot of rain over the mountains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
In this case, it seems likely that the terrain of Bighorns helped force the air to rise through a process known as orographic lift.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
Massif, ma-sēf, n. a central mountain-mass; an orographic fault-block.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
