Definition for Difference between revisions of "Topography"
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Latest revision as of 17:13, 28 March 2018
1) a detailed map of the surface features of land. It includes the mountains, hills, creeks, and other bumps and lumps on a particular hunk of earth. This handy word is a Greek-rooted combo of topos meaning "place" and graphein "to write."
2) The physical geography or the shape and arrangement of landforms.