Topography
[tə'pɒgrəfɪ] or [tə'pɑgrəfi]
Definition
(noun.) the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features.
(noun.) precise detailed study of the surface features of a region.
Editor: Simon--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region.
Typist: Lolita
Examples
- In mountainous regions, the topography of the land prevents the elimination of all steep grades, but nevertheless the attempt is always made to follow the easiest grades. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I don't know whether you have given much study to the topography. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He explained the situation of the two armies and the topography of the country so plainly that I could see it without an inspection. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He saw clearly and distinctly the position of the enemy, and the topography of the country in front of his own position. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Little was known of the topography of the country beyond the settlements of these frontiersmen. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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