Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging or related to physiography: a physiographic description of the earth, or a physiographic work, is a physico-geographical description or work.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to physiography.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
physiography
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Examples
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There are five physiographic or geological provinces in New Jersey; each characterized by a similar sequence of rock types, geologic history and geologic structures.
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There are five physiographic or geological provinces in New Jersey; each characterized by a similar sequence of rock types, geologic history and geologic structures.
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We're traveling west through Texas, near Lubbock, in the semi-arid South Plain section of the Llano Estacado, commonly known as the Stacked Plains, a series of geographical subdivisions with distinct physiographic features.
Mercury Unbound - 4 J. Mykell Collinz 2011
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We're traveling west through Texas, near Lubbock, in the semi-arid South Plain section of the Llano Estacado, commonly known as the Stacked Plains, a series of geographical subdivisions with distinct physiographic features.
Mercury Unbound - 4 J. Mykell Collinz 2011
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There are five physiographic or geological provinces in New Jersey; each characterized by a similar sequence of rock types, geologic history and geologic structures.
Beachwood Borough Master Plan, Part IV « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009
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He argues that "separate urban systems developed in each of the major physiographic regions into which agrarian China may be divided, and as late as the mid-nineteenth century, economic and administrative transactions between these discrete systems of cities were too attenuated to bind the parts into an integrated empire-wide urban system."
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Hence physiographic features or pure economic considerations are too weak to account for this giant, well-regulated shipment.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Skinner's macroregion pattern is based on physiographic features that naturally characterized each unit, while James Lee's approach is based on political economy.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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However, the Arizona/New Mexico Plateau (22) is higher than the Colorado Plateaus (20), and it has less physiographic diversity.
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The Ta Phraya National Park (120-562 m) extends out to the east in two physiographic units: north-draining uplands largely between 280 and 300 m, which fall in a 200 m scarp to the lowland valley of the Lam Sathorn river to the east.
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