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The scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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The orographic features of a region
Examples of orography in a Sentence
The first great result of recent geogra phical research has been to modify pre-existing ideas of results vestigate the orography of the vast central region represented by in.
The orography sketched above explains the great development of the river-systems of Siberia and the uniformity of their course.
The orography of the Aldan region is little known; but travellers who journey from the Aldan (tributary of the Lena) to the Amur or to the Sea of Okhotsk have to cross the same plateau and its border-range.
The orography of this alpine region is very imperfectly known; but the chains have a predominant direction from south-west to north-east.
The break in the continuity of the Alpine chain marked by the deep valley, the Vintschgau, of the upper Adige (Etsch) is one of the most remarkable features in the orography of the Alps.
Its orography and geological structure are imperfectly known.
In 1864 was founded the Palestine Exploration Fund, under the auspices of which an ordnance survey map of the country was completed (published 1881), and accompanied by volumes containing memoirs on the topography, orography, hydrography, archaeology, fauna and flora, and other details.
For orography and geology see an article by P. Verri in Boll.
The orography of Portugal cannot be scientifically studied except in relation to that of Spain, for there is no dividing line between the principal Portuguese ranges and the highlands of Galicia, Leon and Spanish Estremadura.
Little is known of the orography of the eastern peninsula.
In particular Cy12R1 includes envelope orography and orographic gravity wave drag based on the Palmer et al.
Their course, owing to the complex orography of the state, is necessarily extremely irregular, and few climatic generalizations can be made.