orography
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1OROGRAPHY + NOUN
description
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noun
The scientific study, or a physical description of mountains.
Orography: A description of mountains.
A knowledge of the Hydrography of a country aids as much in determining its geology as does its Orography, — that is, a description of its mountains.
The orographic features of a region.
Morocco was in 1883-1884 the scene of important explorations by de Foucauld, a Frenchman who, disguised as a Jew, crossed and re-crossed the Atlas and supplied the first trustworthy information as to the orography of many parts of the chain.
Most flows actually occur, of course, over non-uniform orography and consequently in numerical models of such flows it is necessary to transform the coordinates so that the equations accurately represent flows in such terrain (Gal-Chen and Somerville 1975).
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noun — the science of mountains
- orology
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3Orography: A description of mountains.
WiktionaryA knowledge of the Hydrography of a country aids as much in determining its geology as does its Orography, — that is, a description of its mountains.
WiktionaryMorocco was in 1883-1884 the scene of important explorations by de Foucauld, a Frenchman who, disguised as a Jew, crossed and re-crossed the Atlas and supplied the first trustworthy information as to
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