physiography

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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

Author of many articles in magazines, newspapers, etc., on physiography and natural history of the Pacific Coast, etc.

From The California Birthday Book by Various

North of the Kokcha, within the Oxus bend, is the mountainous district of Darwaz, of which the physiography belongs rather to the Pamir type than to that of the Hindu Kush.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

The central feature of physiography is the so-called erosion cycle or topographic cycle.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

The relation of physiography to human history—what might be called the moral of geography—was not taught at all, or was touched upon in an unimpressive manner.

From The Promised Land by Antin, Mary