2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Topography  \To*pog"ra*phy\,  n.  [F.  topographie,  Gr  ?;  ?  a  place 
  +  ?  to  write.] 
  The  description  of  a  particular  place  town,  manor,  parish, 
  or  tract  of  land;  especially,  the  exact  and  scientific 
  delineation  and  description  in  minute  detail  of  any  place  or 
  region. 
 
  Note:  Topography,  as  the  description  of  particular  places,  is 
  distinguished  from  chorography,  the  description  of  a 
  region  or  a  district,  and  for  geography,  the 
  description  of  the  earth  or  of  countries.  --Brande  &  C. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  topography 
  n  1:  the  configuration  of  a  surface  and  the  relations  among  its 
  man-made  and  natural  features 
  2:  precise  detailed  study  of  the  surface  features  of  a  region 

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