Physiography Immediately south of Chinaja is a range of hills, the Serrania de Chinaja, having an almost due east-west axis and a crest of about 600 meters above sea level.
For many years he was Examiner inPhysiography at South Kensington.
If these chasms close again permanently, no change in the physiography of the land may take place, but sometimes they remain open, and affect the drainage of the country.
It may be concluded that the present physiography of the land is proximately due solely to the action of the denuding agents--rain, frost, rivers, and the sea.
In almost every part of the earth which is affected by a particular physiography we find that the movements of the atmosphere next the surface are qualified by the condition which it encounters.
We should now note the fact that, unlike the seas, the lakes are to be regarded as temporary features in the physiography of the land.
See Willis, "Northern Appalachians," in "Physiography of the U.
Designed to meet the Requirements of Students preparing for the Elementary and Advanced Stages of Physiography in the Science and Art Department Examinations, and as an Introduction to Physical Astronomy.
In no single district in Britain is the relation of the physiography of the country seen to be more strikingly dependent upon its geological structure than within the limits of the Birmingham district.
Physiography 213 Geology, illustrated by a Geological Map of the Birmingham District (in pocket at end of vol.
North of the Kokcha, within the Oxus bend, is the mountainous district of Darwaz, of which the physiography belongs rather to the Pamir type than to that of the Hindu Kush.
The characteristic slopes so clearly represented in these four photographs are the most persistent topographic elements in the physiography of the Central Andes.
The Physiography of the Central Andes, by Isaiah Bowman; Am.
Proof of the rapid and great uplift of certain now lofty mountain ranges in late geologic time is one of the largest contributions of physiography to geologic history.
The art of mining may get ahead of the science of physiography in respect of earth-currents and lines of least resistance, as showing where mineral lodes may be expected.
The three divisions of the isthmus recognized in the account of the physiography serve equally well in describing the vegetation.
Allusion to the physiography of this valley--so called only by reason of its relation to the mountains on either side--has been made elsewhere in this department.
In fact, the difference between dynamical geology and physiography is largely one of emphasis, the stress being laid upon the processes in the former and upon the resultant features in the latter.
A relatively new subdivision of geological science is orientational geology, which is concerned with the trend of earth features, and is closely related both to physiography and to dynamical and structural geology.
It is this genetical side of physiography which separates it from topography and lends it an absorbing interest, though it causes it to largely overlap the division of dynamical geology or the study of geological processes.
Effective study of the physiography of the deep-sea floor was made possible by introduction of the PDR.
Physiography The Mesa Verde consists of about 200 square miles of plateau country in southwestern Colorado, just northeast of Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah meet.
The genus is considered to be part of the Middle American Faunal Element; the species are thought to have differentiated in response to ecological diversity and historical opportunities provided by Cenozoic changes in physiography and climate.
The evolution of the species-groups of Smilisca was effected through isolation by physical barriers in the Cenozoic; the differentiation of the species was initiated by further isolation of populations by changes in physiography and climate.
Every change which takes place upon the earth produces conditions somewhat dissimilar from those which previously existed, and these will leave their effects upon the physiography of the area.
The secret seems to lie in the fact that physiography gives varied and vivid material susceptible of literary presentation, while the fixed qualities of the subject matter control the choice of terms and the mode of expression.
For references to articles on the physiographyof the Hudson river see R.
For relation between physiography and history see chapters in E.
The physiographyof the state is the evident determinant of its climate, fauna and flora.
The central feature of physiography is the so-called erosion cycle or topographic cycle.
The principles of geology used in the study of surface waters relate chiefly to physiography (see Chapter I).
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "physiography" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: geography; geology; mineralogy; physiography
