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noun

Physiography n.

The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical geography.

The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretic part; as, mineral physiography.

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Etymology of 'Physiography'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... in west Natural resources: gold, limestone, soda ash, salt barytes, rubies, fluorspar, garnets, wildlife Land use: arable land 3%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures 7%; forest and woodland 4%; other 85%; includes irrigated NEGL% Environment: unique physiography supports abundant and varied wildlife of scientific and economic value; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; glaciers on Mt. Kenya Note: the Kenyan Highlands comprise one of the most successful ...

— The 1992 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... that controls the flow has here tampered with primitive physiography, in that it has cut a tunnel or channel from the Echo Lakes, tapping their water supply and conveying it to Audrian Lake. Hence strictly speaking the Echo Lakes are now the headwaters ...

— The Lake of the Sky • George Wharton James

... advocated Darwin's views and evolutionist doctrines. His writings are numerous and many of them technical. Among some of the most popular are "Man's Place in Nature," his "Lay Sermons," "Critiques and Addresses," "American Addresses," "Physiography," "Science and Culture," "Lessons in ...

— Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) - Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky • Various

Words linked to "Physiography" : physical geography, geographics, geography