Geomorphology

Quick meaning: Geomorphology is a noun meaning The study of landforms, their classification, origin, development, and history.

Meaning

The study of landforms, their classification, origin, development, and history.

Example Sentences

The point is that as fairly static pre-war Davisian geomorphology and Köppenian climate classification gave way to postwar, dynamic, process geomorphology and climate change studies, as geography went through its revolution, the field was radically transformed, geography became–and continues to be–central to and vital for the larger project of understanding global environmental change in all its complexity. Physical things are processural and relational.

Word Forms

• geomorphologies

Synonyms for geomorphology

Depending on context, synonyms include morphology.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include morphology, topography, landscape, morphodynamics, geomorphometry, hydrogeomorphology.

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