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physiographical

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as physiographic.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to physiography.

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Examples

  • Xi'nan, to Skinner, lacks the connotation of the sort of internal homogeneity necessary for a physiographical region. 16 Many Western scholars accept Skinner's Yunnan-Guizhou macroregion (hereafter, Yun-Gui), sometimes under the term xi'nan.

    Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

  • The Cape Peninsula South Africa: physiographical, biological and historical background to an extraordinary hotspot of biodiversity, Biodiversity and Conservation No. 5. pp 527-550.

    Cape Floral Protected Areas, South Africa 2009

  • The surface lacks physiographical contrast; the characteristic features of the landscape are the steppes: Hopman Steppe, Gorobundur Steppe, the Great Black Steppe, and others…From the abundant flora the notorious Sarkoy venefices leach and distill the poisons for which they are famous.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Tim Stretton 2009

  • The surface lacks physiographical contrast; the characteristic features of the landscape are the steppes: Hopman Steppe, Gorobundur Steppe, the Great Black Steppe, and others…From the abundant flora the notorious Sarkoy venefices leach and distill the poisons for which they are famous.

    :Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2009

  • The underlying concept is that local climate is conditioned by large-scale climate and by local physiographical features such as topography, distance to a coast, and vegetation [1].

    Statistical downscaling approach and downscaling of AOGCM climate change projections 2009

  • The ecoregion is located on the physiographical province known as the Coastal Gulf Plain.

    Tamaulipan mezquital 2008

  • The convergence of the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Trans-volcanic belt physiographical provinces make this a particularly diverse dry forest.

    Jalisco dry forests 2008

  • It is a distinct physiographical unit bounded on the east by the 100 m Al-Huqf escarpment above the Huqf depression where there are wells in Wadi Halfayn; and on the south by the 150 m Sahil al-Jazir escarpment.

    Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman 2008

  • Both mountain ranges belong to the physiographical province of Baja California, and constitute the northernmost elevated peaks of the state.

    Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir pine-oak forests 2008

  • The Montane Fynbos and Renosterveld ecoregion comprises four major physiographical regions.

    Montane fynbos and renosterveld 2008

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