orography


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o·rog·ra·phy

 (ô-rŏg′rə-fē)
n.
The study of the physical geography of mountains and mountain ranges.

or′o·graph′ic (ôr′ə-grăf′ĭk), or′o·graph′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
or′o·graph′i·cal·ly adv.
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orography

(ɒˈrɒɡrəfɪ) or

orology

n
(Physical Geography) the study or mapping of relief, esp of mountains
oˈrographer, oˈrologist n
orographic, ˌoroˈgraphical, orological adj
ˌoroˈgraphically, ˌoroˈlogically adv
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o•rog•ra•phy

(ɔˈrɒg rə fi, oʊˈrɒg-)

n.
the branch of physical geography dealing with mountains. Also called o•rol•o•gy (ɔˈrɒl ə dʒi, oʊˈrɒl-)
[1840–50]
or•o•graph•ic (ˌɔr əˈgræf ɪk, ˌɒr ə-) or`o•graph′i•cal, adj.
or`o•graph′i•cal•ly, adv.
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orography, oreography

Physical Geography. the study of mountains and mountain systems. — orographic, oreographic, oreographical, orographical, adj.
See also: Mountains
the branch of physical geography that studies mountains and mountain systems. — orographic, orographical, adj.
See also: Geography
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orography

The study of relief features such as mountains or the mapping of these.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.orography - the science of mountains
geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
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Translations

orography

[ɒˈrɒgrəfɪ] norografia
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Therefore, at the Polish tour, the riders' (physical and relational) characteristics were more important for explaining withdrawals than the orography of the stages.
In the specific case under study, the geographic location of the site (La Rioja, Spain) is characterized by a highly complex and diverse orography. Therefore, in order to obtain good results in the study of the soils of this region it is necessary to work with high resolutions in order to take into account all the constraints due to orography.
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According to the assessment problem considered in this paper, physical simulation is more powerful because the input of the physical models is physical or meteorology information, such as the description of orography, roughness, obstacle, atmospheric data, and more [28].
in relation with atmospheric pressure degree, at 2m or 10m heights above the ground) associated with topological data like obstacles, roughness and orography. The core idea of physical approaches is to estimate generation power of the wind turbine with outsourcing these obtained data up or down to exact height of the wind turbine hub and then, utilizing the manufacturer's power curve for the logarithmic power law or the specific wind turbine.