topographical

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Even small details—a brochure for a luxury yacht and a topographical map of Panama—illustrate the kind of granular research he pursued to ground his characters in later novels, such as “The Night Manager.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Unlike Pacific Palisades, a community built on the steep bluffs and canyons of the Santa Monica foothills with narrow — and limited — roads in and out, west Altadena presented few glaring topographical hurdles.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025

The end product looks similar to a topographical chart.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2024

The study also incorporates modern topographical data collected by satellites.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024

On the wall are topographical maps: the world; the United States; the oceans, Earth, and moon.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes