Topography \To*pog"ra*phy\, n. [F. topographie, Gr. ?; ? a place
   + ? to write.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

   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.
         [1913 Webster]

	

	topography
    n 1: the configuration of a surface and the relations among its
         man-made and natural features
    2: precise detailed study of the surface features of a region

	

	86 Moby Thesaurus words for "topography":
   Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection,
   Miller projection, aeronautical chart, altimetry,
   astronomical chart, atlas, azimuthal equidistant projection,
   azimuthal projection, bathymetry, biometrics, biometry,
   cadastration, cartographer, cartography, celestial chart,
   celestial globe, chart, chorographer, chorography, climatic chart,
   conic projection, contour line, contour map, craniometry,
   cylindrical projection, general reference map, geodesy,
   geodetic satellite, geodetics, geography, globe,
   gnomonic projection, goniometry, graphic scale, grid line, hachure,
   heliographic chart, hydrographic chart, hypsography, hypsometry,
   index, isoline, latitude, layer tint, legend, longitude, map,
   map maker, map projection, mapper, mensuration, meridian,
   metrology, navigation, oceanography,
   orbiting geophysical observatory, parallel, photogrammetrist,
   photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map,
   planimetry, political map, polyconic projection, projection,
   psychometrics, psychometry, relief map, representative fraction,
   road map, scale, sinusoidal projection, special map, stereometry,
   surveying, terrain, terrain map, terrestrial globe, thematic map,
   topographer, topographic chart, transportation map, weather chart,
   weather map