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
In still more western fields of research much additional light has been thrown since 1875 on the physiography of the great deserts and oases of Arabia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
They belong especially in the branch of the science known as physiography.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
Since 1895, however, the explorations of the United States Geological Survey and the Department of War, and other departments of the government, have fully established the main features of its physiography.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
It opens with a general system of physiography, and then passes successively to geography, anthropology, human physiology, zoology and comparative physiology, botany, including agriculture and horticulture, medicine, mineralogy, and the fine arts.
From Latin Literature by J. W. (John William) Mackail
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