Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A word of rather variable meaning, but, as most generally used, nearly or quite the equivalent of physical geography (which see, under
physical ). Also calledgeophysics . - noun [For the use of the word physiography by Huxley, as meaning a peculiar kind of physical geography, see the following quotation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical geography.
- noun The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretic part.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun geography The subfield of
geography that studiesphysical patterns and processes of theEarth . It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the study of physical features of the earth's surface
Etymologies
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Examples
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The contrast in physiography, as we go northward, is less marked in Alberta and British Columbia.
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Beginning with physiography (Green's name for natural history as the study of natura naturata), this scale proceeds to "physiology" or the study of the powers behind nature, the natura naturans that is the subject of German Naturphilosophie in the work of the early Schelling, Lorenz Oken and British thinkers such as John Hunter and John Abernethy.
'The Abyss of the Past': Psychoanalysis in Schelling's Ages of the World (1815) 2008
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Level II ecological regions are useful for national and subcontinental overviews of physiography, wildlife, and land use.
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Nearly level to rolling till plains, lacustrine basins, outwash plains, and rolling to hilly moraines comprise the physiography of this region.
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Overall, physiography and lithology contrast with the low mountains of the Northeastern Highlands (58), the Ridge and Valley (67), and the flat coastal plains of Ecoregions 63 and 84.
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The land is molded by tidal action, resulting in a distinctive physiography.
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The physiography is generally a continuation of basin and range terrain that is typical of the Mojave Basin and Range (14) and the Central Basin and Range (13) ecoregions to the west and north, although the pattern of alternating mountains and valleys is not as pronounced as it is in Ecoregions 13 and 14.
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The physiography of the region is generally a continuation of basin and range terrain (excluding the Stockton Plateau) that is typical of the Mojave Basin and Range (14) and the Central Basin and Range (13) ecoregions to the west and north, although the pattern of alternating mountains and valleys is not as pronounced as it is in Ecoregions 13 and 14.
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That description contains additional maps, as well as information on the physiography, geology, soil, potential natural vegetation, and the land use and land cover of the ecoregion.
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That description contains additional maps, as well as information on the physiography, geology, soil, potential natural vegetation, and the land use and land cover of the ecoregion.
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