Definition of topography Topography

/tʌpɑˈgɹʌfi/ - [tupagrufee] - to•pog•ra•phy

We found 12 definitions of topography from 7 different sources.

What does topography mean?

Noun Plural: topographies
topography - precise detailed study of the surface features of a region
		geographics, geography study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation
topography - the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features
		configuration, conformation, contour, shape, form an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time"

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topography (Noun)
A precise description of a place.
topography (Noun)
A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.
topography (Noun)
The features themselves.
topography (Noun)
The surveying of the features.

topography (n.)
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.

topography
The surface configuration of Earth or of another planet or a satellite, or of a portion thereof, including the planimetric and altimetric aspects, i.e. the situation in the map plane and the relief.
topography
Description and graphic representation of the surface configuration of Earth or of another planet or a satellite, or of a portion thereof.

topography
Is the art of representing and describing in all its details the physical constitution, natural or artificial, of any determined portion of a country; in making maps and giving a descriptive memoir. Military topography differs from geography in seeking to imitate sinuosities of ground: it represents graphically and describes technically commanding heights, water-courses, preferable sites for camps, different kinds of roads, the position of fords, and extent of woods. It enumerates the resources that a country offers to troops and the difficulties which are interposed. By means of colored maps and other conventional signs, military topography presents before the eyes of a general much that is necessary to guide his operations.

Topography means "the description of shape".

When you talk of the topography of the land, you refer to the landscape features like valleys, hills and mountains, rivers and lakes, or the coastline. Everything, that describes the form of the landscape, is part of the topography.