topography Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features
  2. noun precise detailed study of the surface features of a region

WordNet

To*pog"ra*phy noun
Etymology
F. topographie, Gr. a place + to write.
Definitions
  1. The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region. ✍ Topography, as the description of particular places, is distinguished from chorography, the description of a region or a district, and for geography, the description of the earth or of countries. Brande & C.

Webster 1913