Orography

Orography is the study of the topographic relief of mountains,^[1] and can more broadly include hills, and any part of a region's elevated terrain.^[2] Orography (also known as oreography, orology, or oreology) falls within the broader discipline of geomorphology.^[3] The term orography comes from the Greek: όρος, hill, γραφία, to write.

^ "Orography" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
^ Orography Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (from the American Meteorological Society website)
^ "Map of the Southern Half of Eastern Siberia and Parts of Mongolia, Manchuria, and Sakhalin: For a General Sketch of the Orography of Eastern Siberia". World Digital Library. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

[1] "Orography" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.

[2] Orography Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (from the American Meteorological Society website)

[WDL1-3] "Map of the Southern Half of Eastern Siberia and Parts of Mongolia, Manchuria, and Sakhalin: For a General Sketch of the Orography of Eastern Siberia". World Digital Library. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

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