Synonyms for topography
təˈpɒg rə fito·pog·ra·phy

Princeton's WordNet

1. topographynoun

   the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features

2. topographynoun

   precise detailed study of the surface features of a region

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1. • Geography
   • Shape

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1. List of paraphrases for "topography":

   topographies, topographic, surveying, terrain, topographical, landform

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1. Mandy Joye:

   We saw a lot of really interesting topography, which made me scratch my head.

2. Daniel Swain:

   The ground is literally sunk in some places by 10 or 15 feet over the past decade, that has literally changed the topography of the historical lakebed. Some places are lower even than they were the last time there was a big flood event.

3. Tiffany Davila:

   Due to the lack of precipitation that we have had, it’s basically kindling, So, when you take the drought-stricken fuel coupled with the extreme heat, the wind that we’ve had this year and then — in some places, you know, where a fire may start — the topography, the terrain: all of that can go into how active a fire is.

4. Peter James:

   When we combined that with lunar topography data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we discovered the unexpectedly large amount of mass hundreds of miles underneath the South Pole-Aitken basin, one of the explanations of this extra mass is that the metal from the asteroid that formed this crater is still embedded in the Moons mantle.

5. Michael Charles:

   The houses are not all solid and the topography is very sandy.