physiography

How to use physiography in a sentence

• Areas for new national parks are chosen based on how well they “portray the geology, physiography, vegetation, wildlife, and ecosystem diversity characteristic of the natural region,” according to Parks Canada.

  Sable Island’s famous wild horses are at the heart of a conservation controversy | Moira Donovan / Hakai Magazine | August 1, 2022 | Popular-Science

• The popular meaning is better conveyed by the word physiography, a Physical geography.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 | Various

• Distribution of certain cold-blooded animals in Louisiana in relationship to the geology and physiography of the state.

  North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae) | Robert G. Webb

• To the west of Kashgar the central depression is limited by General physiography.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 | Various

• physiography is a phase of geology which investigates the surface features of the earth.

  The Economic Aspect of Geology | C. K. Leith