physiography
Americannoun
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the science of physical geography.
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(formerly) geomorphology.
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the systematic description of nature in general.
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But his reputation rests more securely on his explanation of the stratigraphy, structural geology and physiography of North America, Europe and Asia as the record of continental developments.
From Time Magazine Archive
It may be concluded that the present physiography of the land is proximately due solely to the action of the denuding agents—rain, frost, rivers, and the sea.
From Geology by Geikie, James
He had on board a fuller complement of geologists, one of them especially trained for the study of physiography, biologists, physicists, and surveyors than ever before composed the staff of a polar expedition.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon
The physiography of the state is the evident determinant of its climate, fauna and flora.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
Such is the native physiography and anthropogenesis of the land of the Oregon.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison
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