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Orography

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The study of the physical geography of mountains and mountain ranges.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains

n. the orographic features of a region

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. That branch of science which treats of mountains and mountain systems; orology.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. That division of physical geography or physiography which has to do with the relations and development of the mountain-chains of the regions described.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the science of mountains

Word Usage

"It has a very complex orography whose determinants include a mountainous surface full of cliffs, ridges, hillsides and valleys, with a steep and highly dissected topography."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

geology

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

orology

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