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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.
Definition 2024
physiography
physiography
English
Noun
physiography (countable and uncountable, plural physiographies)
- (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.
- The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretical part.
- mineral physiography
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subfield of geography
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