Orography

Definitions

1. The scientific study, or a physical description of mountains.
   uncountable, usually
2. The orographic features of a region.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Orography: A description of mountains.”

“A knowledge of the Hydrography of a country aids as much in determining its geology as does its Orography, — that is, a description of its mountains.”

“Morocco was in 1883-1884 the scene of important explorations by de Foucauld, a Frenchman who, disguised as a Jew, crossed and re-crossed the Atlas and supplied the first trustworthy information as to the orography of many parts of the chain.”

“Most flows actually occur⟳, of course, over non-uniform orography and consequently in numerical models of such flows it is necessary to transform⟳ the coordinates so that the equations accurately represent⟳ flows in such terrain (Gal-Chen and Somerville 1975).”

“The independent scientists of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) expressed concerns about how the spectral model⟳ would deal⟳ with steep mountains.[…]It was this work⟳ that lead⟳ to development of the envelope orography outlined below.”

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