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Answer for the clue "The science of mountains ", 9 letters:
orography

Word definitions for orography in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the science of mountains [syn: orology ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context geomorphology English) the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ) ...