PHYSIOGRAPHY

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

• geosystems, physical geography

Source: Wiktionary

Phys`i*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. physiographie.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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