Meanings
plural geomorphologies
- countableuncountableThe study of landforms, their classification, origin, development, and history.
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*gaya
- Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
- Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
- Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
- Englishgeo-
- Englishmorphology
- Englishgeomorphology
From geo- + morphology.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans geomorfologie
- geomorfologiethe study of landforms
Bengali ভূমিরূপবিদ্যা
- ভূমিরূপবিদ্যা (bhumirupbidda)the study of landforms
Catalan geomorfologia
- geomorfologiathe study of landforms
Chinese Mandarin 地貌學 /地貌学, 地形學 /地形学
- 地貌學 /地貌学 (dìmàoxué)the study of landforms
- 地形學 /地形学 (dìxíngxué)the study of landforms
Czech geomorfologie
- geomorfologiethe study of landforms
Danish geomorfologi
- geomorfologithe study of landforms
Dutch geomorfologie
- geomorfologiethe study of landforms
Esperanto geomorfologio
- geomorfologiothe study of landforms
Finnish geomorfologia
- geomorfologiathe study of landforms
French géomorphologie
- géomorphologiethe study of landforms
German Geomorphologie
- Geomorphologiethe study of landforms
Hindi भू-आकृति विज्ञान
- भू-आकृति विज्ञान (bhū-ākŕti vijñān)the study of landforms
Hungarian geomorfológia, felszínalaktan
- geomorfológiathe study of landforms
- felszínalaktanthe study of landforms
Irish geomoirfeolaíocht
- geomoirfeolaíochtthe study of landforms
Italian geomorfologia
- geomorfologiathe study of landforms
Japanese 地形学
- 地形学 (chikeigaku)the study of landforms
Korean 지형학
- 지형학 (jihyeonghak)the study of landforms
Malay kaji bentuk bumi, geomorfologi
- kaji bentuk bumithe study of landforms
- geomorfologithe study of landforms
Norwegian Bokmål geomorfologi
- geomorfologithe study of landforms
Persian ژئومورفولوژی
- ژئومورفولوژیthe study of landforms
Polish geomorfologia
- geomorfologiathe study of landforms
Portuguese geomorfologia
- geomorfologiathe study of landforms
Romanian geomorfologie
- geomorfologiethe study of landforms
Russian геоморфоло́гия
- геоморфоло́гия (geomorfológija)the study of landforms
Spanish geomorfología
- geomorfologíathe study of landforms
Swedish geomorfologi
- geomorfologithe study of landforms
Tagalog duanyuan, heomorpolohiya
- duanyuanthe study of landforms
- heomorpolohiyathe study of landforms
Thai ธรณีสัณฐานวิทยา
- ธรณีสัณฐานวิทยาthe study of landforms
Turkish jeomorfoloji
- jeomorfolojithe study of landforms
Ukrainian геоморфоло́гія
- геоморфоло́гія (heomorfolóhija)the study of landforms
Vietnamese địa mạo học
- địa mạo họcthe study of landforms
Cite this entry
geomorphology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geomorphology
“geomorphology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geomorphology. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “geomorphology,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geomorphology.
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