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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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Geomorphology (from Greek : γῆ, gê , "earth"; μορφή, morphḗ , "form"; and λόγος, lógos , "study") is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating ...
Wiktionary
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n. The study of landforms, their classification, origin, development, and history.
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.