topography
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We call the deep, folded valleys of West Dorset “coombes,” a topography often too steep for tractors; too awkward to be given over to large-scale arable farming.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
"We realized that we could use these electron beams to control topography at very fine scales," Doshi said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
The difficult topography, a local aversion to so-called “gunboat” diplomacy, and corrupt political regimes have been among foreign firms’ many obstacles.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
In fact, more is known about the surface of some planets in our Solar System than much of Antarctica's "underbelly" – the topography beneath the ice sheet.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
I hadn’t tracked the topography on this side of the river, just the side where we escaped.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Vocabulary lists containing topography
The Things They Carried
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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The United States
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