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Topography vs Thermokarst - What's the difference?

topography | thermokarst |

As nouns the difference between topography and thermokarst

is that topography is a precise description of a place while thermokarst is (geology) a region similar in appearance to karst topography, characterized by an irregular land surface, with bogs, pits, and other depressions, formed in areas of permafrost due to ice melting.

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

    thermokarst

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia thermokarst) (en noun)
  • (geology) A region similar in appearance to karst topography, characterized by an irregular land surface, with bogs, pits, and other depressions, formed in areas of permafrost due to ice melting.

    • References

    * Dictionary of Geological Terms (Anchor Books, 1984, edited by Robert L. Bates and Julia A. Jackson)

    See also

    karst