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topography

[tuh-pog-ruh-fee] / təˈpɒg rə fi /


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Topography is also a factor in communities where water is pumped from the valley floor up to hilltop storage tanks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

Along with current and former members of Planetary Habitability and Technology Lab, Schmidt is a co-author of "Ice-Ocean Interactions on Ocean Worlds Influence Ice Shell Topography," published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.

From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024

NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite, launched in December 2022, can measure the height of a water surface to within a couple of centimeters.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 18, 2023

The rocket's payload, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite, or SWOT, incorporates advanced microwave radar technology to collect high-definition measurements of oceans, lakes, reservoirs and rivers over 90% of the globe.

From Reuters • Dec. 16, 2022

Books on the History and Topography of Great Britain, arranged in Counties.

From Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various




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