Category:Topography

To*pog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [f. topographie, gr.

Defn: the description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or Tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and Description in minute detail of any place or region.

Note: topography, as the description of particular places, is Distinguished from chorography, the description of a region or a District, and for geography, the description of the earth or of Countries. Brande & c.