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

In almost every part of the earth which is affected by a particular physiography we find that the movements of the atmosphere next the surface are qualified by the condition which it encounters.

From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate

No canyon above the Virgin had been recorded topographically, and the physiography was unknown.

From A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

The relation of physiography to human history—what might be called the moral of geography—was not taught at all, or was touched upon in an unimpressive manner.

From The Promised Land by Antin, Mary

The physiography of the state is the evident determinant of its climate, fauna and flora.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various