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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

orography

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Source Word

orography

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɒˈɹɒɡɹəfi/

uncountable usually

(geomorphology) the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains / the orographic features of a region

Japanese Meaning

山岳学（山や山脈の形成、構造、変化を研究する学問） / 山岳の地形、または地域における山岳の特徴の記述

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Field researchers examined the orography to understand how mountain shapes affect precipitation and drainage.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

現地の研究者たちは、降水量や流出に山の形がどのように影響するかを理解するために山岳地形を調査した。

Sense（1）

(geomorphology) the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains

Orography: A description of mountains.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

the orographic features of a region

Morocco was in 1883-1884 the scene of important explorations by de Foucauld, a Frenchman who, disguised as a Jew, crossed and re-crossed the Atlas and supplied the first trustworthy information as to the orography of many parts of the chain.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

orographies

（ plural ）

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