topography
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The topography of the area could have also exacerbated the flood.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Hill-climbing” is the term that is suddenly on lips across Silicon Valley, for reasons that have nothing to do with San Francisco’s dramatic topography or techies’ love of hiking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The OS first started mapping Britain 230 years ago and has since documented the changes in the country's topography.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
With perfect weather year-round and a mostly flat topography, why wasn’t everyone in L.A. riding bikes?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Each map was intricate and detailed, showing topography and trails and hidden dangers.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
University of Washington scientists who combined sea-level projections with topographies along Washington’s coast found some parts of Seattle and other areas will be permanently underwater if worst-case projections are realized.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 9, 2024
“I just play the songs the best I can, inspired by the seasons and the topographies and regions, and, occasionally, by sociological elements, and try to improve as a player over time.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
Sure, there are intimations of topographies viewed from above, and of the kinds of artificially colored photographs of deep space later produced by the Hubble Telescope.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
The drawing is then coated with several layers of beeswax: sealing, burying and halting the natural progress of these topographies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
In contrast, the Mediterranean zones of southwestern Australia and, to a lesser degree, of South Africa and western Europe offer a narrower range of altitudes, habitats, and topographies.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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