local topography
1Topography — ( topo , place , and graphia , writing ) is the study of Earth s surface features or those of planets, moons, and asteroids. In a broader sense, topography is concerned with local detail in general, including not only relief but also vegetative… …
2Topography as the study of place — Starting in ancient Greece, places have been described in topography (Polytonic|τοπογραφία), and an author of such writing has been called a topographer (Polytonic|τοπογράφος). Greek and Roman topographers provide much of the basis of modern… …
3Diffraction topography — (short: topography ) is an X ray imaging technique based on Bragg diffraction. Diffraction topographic images ( topographs ) record the intensity profile of a beam of X rays (or, sometimes, neutrons) diffracted by a crystal. A topograph thus… …
4Summit (topography) — For other uses, see Summit (disambiguation). The summit of Mount Damavand, Iran, in winter …
5Nadir (topography) — For other uses, see Nadir (disambiguation). The Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California, the nadir of the North American Continent In topography, a nadir is a point on a surface that is lower in elevation than all points immediately adjacent… …
6tree-tip pit and mound topography — A local scale topography composed of irregularly spaced, small, closed depressions and adjacent mounds caused by the displacement of root balls from trees knocked down by wind (i.e., tree tip; also called tree throw). The result is a subdued,… …
7Kamiesberg Local Municipality — is in South Africa.PopulationIn 2001, 10,745 persons lived in Kamiesberg [ [http://www.demarcation.org.za/ Municipal Demarcation Board South Africa] ] . In the whole of Kamiesberg the majority of the people are of mixed ancestry, but most people… …
8rib and groove topography — A local scale topography composed of repeating, small, high angle (slopes generally 20 90 %), tertiary spur ridges or mini interfluves (ribs) separated by small, natural, narrow drainageways (grooves); the overall effect is a corrugated… …
9swell-and-swale topography — A local scale topography composed of small, well rounded hillocks and shallow, closed depressions irregularly spaced across low relief ground moraine (slopes generally 2 6 %); the effect is a subdued, irregularly undulating surface that is… …
10bar and channel topography — A local scale topographic pattern of recurring, small, sinuous or arcuate ridges separated by shallow troughs irregularly spaced across low relief flood plains(slopes generally 2 –6 %); the effect is one of a subdued, sinuously undulating… …
