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The branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
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geomorphology
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The study of landforms, their classification, origin, development, and history.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Geomorphology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal about geomorphology .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1893, from geo- + morphology . Form geomorphy is from 1889. Related: Geomorphological ; geomorphologically ; geomorphologist .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms [syn: morphology ]
Usage examples of geomorphology.
This region of southern Europe has one of the more complex geomorphologies of the planet.
Besides, from the geomorphology, this terrace must be about fifteen thousand years old.
He would have examined the surface of O-Zone, and being Fizzy, he would have kept a log of what he sawnot only temperatures and elevations, but the pattern of variation and the whole geomorphology of the area.