Hypertext Webster Gateway: "topography"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Topography \To*pog"ra*phy\, n. [F. topographie, Gr. ?; ? a place
+ ? to write.]
The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish,
or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific
delineation and description in minute detail of any place or
region.
Note: Topography, as the description of particular places, is
distinguished from chorography, the description of a
region or a district, and for geography, the
description of the earth or of countries. --Brande & C.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
topography
n 1: the configuration of a surface and the relations among its
man-made and natural features
2: precise detailed study of the surface features of a region
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