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Bathymetry vs Topography - What's the difference?

bathymetry | topography |

As nouns the difference between bathymetry and topography

is that bathymetry is the measurement of the depths of the seas while topography is a precise description of a place.

bathymetry

English

(wikipedia bathymetry)

Noun

  • the measurement of the depths of the seas

    • Derived terms

    * bathymetrist

    Related terms

    * bathymetric

    topography

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia topography) (topographies)
  • a precise description of a place
  • a detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object
  • the features themselves (the terrain)
  • the surveying of the features

    • Related terms

    * topograph * topographer * topographic * * topographical * topographically

    See also

    * topology * toponym * toponymic