Meanings
plural physiographies
- countableuncountablegeographyThe subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns.
Questions that bewilder the globe student of seasons are easily answered by pupils who have been taught seasons by the globeless method, as the writer knows from experience with three classes, two in astronomy and one in physiography.
1914, School Science and Mathematics, volume 14, page 119 - countableuncountableThe descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretical part.
mineral physiography
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe study of physical features of the earth's surface
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan fisiografia
- fisiografiasubfield of geography
French physiographie
- physiographiesubfield of geography
German Physiographie
- Physiographiesubfield of geography
Greek φυσιογραφία
- φυσιογραφία (fysiografía)subfield of geography
Irish fiseagrafaíocht
- fiseagrafaíochtsubfield of geography
Polish fizjografia
- fizjografiasubfield of geography
Romanian fiziografie
- fiziografiesubfield of geography
Russian физиогра́фия, физи́ческая геогра́фия
- физиогра́фия (fiziográfija)subfield of geography
- физи́ческая геогра́фия (fizíčeskaja geográfija)subfield of geography
Spanish fisiografía
- fisiografíasubfield of geography
Welsh ffisiograffeg
- ffisiograffegsubfield of geography
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with physiography
Cite this entry
physiography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physiography
“physiography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physiography. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “physiography,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physiography.
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