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

Remarks on the physiography, Eskimo, and mammals of Southampton Island.

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis

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 central feature of physiography is the so-called erosion cycle or topographic cycle.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

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 Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon