Köppenian

adjective

Of or pertaining to works by Russian–German geographer Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940).

Meanings

adjectiveKöppenian (comparative more Köppenian, superlative most Köppenian)

comparative more Köppenian · superlative most Köppenian

  1. Of or pertaining to works by Russian–German geographer Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940).
    1 more example

    The point is that as fairly static pre-war Davisian geomorphology and Köppenian climate classification gave way to postwar, dynamic, process geomorphology and climate change studies, as geography went through its revolution, the field was radically transformed, geography became–and continues to be–central to and vital for the larger project of understanding global environmental change in all its complexity. Physical things are processural and relational.

    2016, Don Mitchell, Did We Accomplish the Revolution in Geographic Thought?, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2021, page 2

Origin

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APA

Köppenian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/K%C3%B6ppenian

MLA

“Köppenian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/K%C3%B6ppenian. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Köppenian,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/K%C3%B6ppenian.

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