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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
physiography
    n 1: the study of physical features of the earth's surface [syn:
         physical geography, physiography]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Physiography \Phys`i*og"ra*phy\ (f[i^]z`[i^]*[o^]g"r[.a]*f[y^]),
   n. [Gr. fy`sis nature + -graphy: cf. F. physiographie.]
   1. The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical
      features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical
      movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the
      currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular
      variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical
      geography.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished
      from the explanatory or theoretic part; as, mineral
      physiography.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
cosmical geology, dynamic geology, geodesy, geodetics, geodynamics, geognosy, geographics, geography, geological chemistry, geological engineering, geology, geomorphogeny, geomorphology, geophysics, geoscopy, geotectonic geology, historical geology, hydrogeology, mineralogy, mining geology, paleontological geology, pedology, physical geography, physical geology, physiographic geology, soil mechanics, soil science, stratigraphic geology, stratigraphy
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