Orography

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  • orography
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  • A rarely used word referring to the study of mountain systems and the depiction of their relief.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Orography is the study of the topographic relief of mountains, and can more broadly include hills, and any part of a region's elevated terrain. Orography (also known as oreography, orology or oreology) falls within the broader discipline of geomorphology. The term orography comes from the Greek: όρος, hill, γραφία, to write.

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