physiography
noun
the science of physical geography.
physiographical
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a word derived from
physiography.
Example Sentences
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They are human and natural, though they express the thought not of any one individual mind, but of the folk-soul, exemplifying in poetical form some great psychological or physiographical truth.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
During recent years much light has been shed on the physiographical conditions of Central Asia in early times.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
Many other details touching physiographical characteristics are mentioned as occasion arises in the Alphabetical Gazetteer which follows this Introduction.
From Hertfordshire by E. H. (Edmund Hort) New
It may suffice here merely to allude to a few of the more important parts of the topography of the land in their relation to physiographical geology.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
The climatic conditions were as varied as were the physiographical features, for, although the winters in the south were comparatively mild, in the north they were long and severe.
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell
