orography

American  

[aw-rog-ruh-fee, oh-rog-] / ɔˈrɒg rə fi, oʊˈrɒg- /

noun

1. the branch of physical geography dealing with mountains.

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orography British  

/ ɒˈrɒlədʒɪ, ˌɒrəʊˈɡræfɪk, ɒˈrɒɡrəfɪ, ˌɒrəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

1. the study or mapping of relief, esp of mountains

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Other Word Forms

• orographer noun
• orographic adjective
• orographical adjective
• orographically adverb

Etymology

Origin of orography

First recorded in 1840–50; oro- ¹ + -graphy

Example Sentences

Now the trajectory followed by the projectile dragged it precisely towards that mountainous region of the southern hemisphere where rise the finest specimens of lunar orography.

From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules

It possessed a special orography, a mountain system which made it a world apart.

From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules

Approaching now, through the high valleys, the central region of the mountain system of Corsica, this may be a proper place for a brief survey of the main features in its orography and geological structure.

From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Forester, Thomas

In lunar orography, several chains of mountains have been distinguished which are principally distributed over the northern hemisphere.

From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules

But even in the popular nomenclature one finds the orography of Martinique, as well as of other West Indian islands, regularly classified by pitons, mornes, and monts or montagnes.

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio