As nouns the difference between physiography and terrain
is that physiography is (geography) the subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the earth it aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns while terrain is territory, ground,.
physiography
Noun
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(geography) The subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns.
Derived terms
* physiographer
* physiographic / physiographical
* physiographically
* physiographist
Synonyms
* geosystems, physical geography
terrain
Noun
(
en noun)
(geology) A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
An area of land or the particular features of it.
Synonyms
* ground
Related terms
* terra
* terrace
* terracotta
* terrane
* terrene
* terrestrial
* terrier
* territorial
* territory
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