topography means A precise description of a place.
topography is pronounced /təˈpɒɡɹəfi/.
Etymology
First attested in 1432. From Middle English topographye, from Latin topographia, from Ancient Greek τοπογραφία (topographía), from τόπος (tópos, “place”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).
noun
- A precise description of a place.
- A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.
- The features themselves.
- The surveying of the features.
- A figurative landscape; a structure of interrelated ideas, etc.“With good humor if predictably, the emotional topography of the faire facilitates a kind of liberation from both the closet and the cruelty of high school cliquedom.”