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The science of mountains
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orography
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n. the science of mountains [syn: orology ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Orography \O*rog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. 'o`ros, a mountain + -graphy.] That branch of science which treats of mountains and mountain systems; orology; as, the orography of Western Europe.
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n. (context geomorphology English) the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Orography (from the Greek όρος , hill, γραφία , to write) is the study of the topographic relief of mountains , and can more broadly include hills, and any part of a region's elevated terrain. Orography (also known as oreography , orology or oreology ) ...