the study of physical features of the earth's surface
source: WordNet 3.0
The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical geography.
source: Webster 1913
The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretic part; as, mineral physiography.
