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

I do not attach any credit to passing in physiography, but merely relate the circumstance as curiously showing what can be done by a good 'cram.'

From Men of Invention and Industry by Smiles, Samuel

He had on board a fuller complement of geologists, one of them especially trained for the study, of physiography, biologists, physicists, and surveyors than ever before composed the staff of a Polar expedition.

From The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition by Turley, Charles

Such is the native physiography and anthropogenesis of the land of the Oregon.

From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison

It may be wise for a student to take up physiography, or its equivalent, early in the college course, irrespective of an ideal preparation in the related sciences.

From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul