topography

• n. 地形; 地勢; 地形学

ギリシャ語のtopos「場所」、-graphy「書く」、「記録」、「教義」から。関連語から派生。

topography (n.)

early 15c., "description of a place," from Late Latin topographia, from Greek topographia "a description of a place," from topos "place" (see topos) + -graphia (see -graphy). Meaning "collective features of a region" is from 1847. Related: Topographic; topographical; topographically.

1. a map showing the topography of the island

この島の地形図

2.The topography of the river 's basin has changed significantly since the floods.

この川流域の地形は洪水以来顕著に変化した。

3.The motion of shallow waters is strongly dependent on the bottom topography .

浅水運動は底部地形に強く依存している。

4.Landforms of topography ，vegetation and climate are influential factors in formation of soils.

地形学的にも地形学的にも植生的にも気候的にも土壌形成に影響を与える要素である。

5.Anomalies due to polarization can be so much larger than those resulting from topography .

分極による異常は、地形による異常よりもはるかに大きい。