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topography

[tuh-pog-ruh-fee] / təˈpɒg rə fi /


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The automated program uses weather observations, forecast data, fuel and vegetation conditions, topography, location data, and information on available resources.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2026

Yet it was under precisely these conditions that anatomists produced the observations that became the foundation of classical anatomical topography.

From Science Daily Jun. 21, 2026

An exceptional amount of knowledge about botany, forestry, gastronomy, aquatic systems and topography was not just passed along by enslaved people, but created by them.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

"We knew my shot had hit the flag, but because of the green's topography we couldn't see the base of the pin," said Rob.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

She was almost sure this was where she’d lost Lazlo, but the topography had changed.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

University of Washington scientists who combined sea-level projections with topographies along Washington’s coast found some parts of Seattle and other areas will be permanently underwater if worst-case projections are realized.

From National Geographic Feb. 9, 2024

Sure, there are intimations of topographies viewed from above, and of the kinds of artificially colored photographs of deep space later produced by the Hubble Telescope.

From New York Times Nov. 3, 2022

The drawing is then coated with several layers of beeswax: sealing, burying and halting the natural progress of these topographies.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2022

But the impacts of climate change are uneven, Beissinger said, and the Pacific Northwest’s varying topographies and climates make it challenging to predict exactly how birds will adjust, Beissinger said.

From Seattle Times Jul. 28, 2021

In contrast, the Mediterranean zones of southwestern Australia and, to a lesser degree, of South Africa and western Europe offer a narrower range of altitudes, habitats, and topographies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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