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
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
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 James Geikie
Rogers, Rev. William. —at Sion house meeting. —letter to: —on physiography lectures.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Leonard Huxley
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
