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Webster 1913 Edition


Physiography

Physˊi-og′ra-phy

(fĭzˊĭ-ŏg′rȧ-fy̆)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
φύσισ
nature +
-graphy
: cf. F.
physiographie
.]
1.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Physiography

PHYSIOG'RAPHY

,
Noun.
[Gr. nature, and to describe.] A description of nature, or the science of natural objects.

Definition 2024


physiography

physiography

English

Noun

physiography (countable and uncountable, plural physiographies)

  1. (geography) The subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns.
  2. The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretical part.
    mineral physiography

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