Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
physiographic .
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
physiography .
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Examples
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Xi'nan, to Skinner, lacks the connotation of the sort of internal homogeneity necessary for a physiographical region. 16 Many Western scholars accept Skinner's Yunnan-Guizhou macroregion (hereafter, Yun-Gui), sometimes under the term xi'nan.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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The Cape Peninsula South Africa: physiographical, biological and historical background to an extraordinary hotspot of biodiversity, Biodiversity and Conservation No. 5. pp 527-550.
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The surface lacks physiographical contrast; the characteristic features of the landscape are the steppes: Hopman Steppe, Gorobundur Steppe, the Great Black Steppe, and others…From the abundant flora the notorious Sarkoy venefices leach and distill the poisons for which they are famous.
Archive 2009-02-01 Tim Stretton 2009
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The surface lacks physiographical contrast; the characteristic features of the landscape are the steppes: Hopman Steppe, Gorobundur Steppe, the Great Black Steppe, and others…From the abundant flora the notorious Sarkoy venefices leach and distill the poisons for which they are famous.
:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2009
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The underlying concept is that local climate is conditioned by large-scale climate and by local physiographical features such as topography, distance to a coast, and vegetation [1].
Statistical downscaling approach and downscaling of AOGCM climate change projections 2009
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The ecoregion is located on the physiographical province known as the Coastal Gulf Plain.
Tamaulipan mezquital 2008
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The convergence of the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Trans-volcanic belt physiographical provinces make this a particularly diverse dry forest.
Jalisco dry forests 2008
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It is a distinct physiographical unit bounded on the east by the 100 m Al-Huqf escarpment above the Huqf depression where there are wells in Wadi Halfayn; and on the south by the 150 m Sahil al-Jazir escarpment.
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Both mountain ranges belong to the physiographical province of Baja California, and constitute the northernmost elevated peaks of the state.
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The Montane Fynbos and Renosterveld ecoregion comprises four major physiographical regions.
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