wahts topography mean?

Question

i need a simple cut down definition

Answer 1

The rise and fall of land. So if you were looking at a topo map, you would see lots of sqiggle lines that depict the rise or fall of the land. The closer they are together, the steeper the rise.

Answer 2

Topography is the study of Earth's surface features or those of other planets, moons, and asteroids.

In a broader sense, topography is concerned with local detail in general, including not only relief but also vegetative and human-made features, and even local history and culture. This meaning is less common in America, where topographic maps with elevation contours have made "topography" synonymous with relief. The older sense of Topography as the study of place still has currency in Europe.

For the purposes of this article, topography specifically involves the recording of relief or terrain, the three-dimensional aspect of the surface, and the identification of specific landforms. This is also known as geomorphometry. In modern usage, this involves generation of elevation data in electronic form. It is often considered to include the graphic representation of the landform on a map by a variety of techniques, including contour lines, Hypsometric tints, and relief shading

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Answer 3

1. the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
2. the detailed description, esp. by means of surveying, of particular localities, as cities, towns, or estates.
3. the relief features or surface configuration of an area.
4. the features, relations, or configuration of a structural entity.
5. a schema of a structural entity, as of the mind, a field of study, or society, reflecting a division into distinct areas having a specific relation or a specific position relative to one another.

Answer 4

topography = study of earth features

Answer 5

Topography is the depiction of the range in elevations.

Topography deals with "how high and how low".

Answer 6

basicly its a map that shows elevation