Environmental Thesaurus

Last uploaded: September 14, 2024
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ID

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21576

Preferred Name

topography

Definitions

A field of planetary science comprising the study of surface shape and features of the Earth and other observable astronomical objects including planets, moons, and asteroids. In general, topography is concerned with local detail in general, including not only relief but also natural and artificial features, and even local history and culture. This meaning is less common in America, where topographic maps with elevation contours have made "topography\" synonymous with relief. The older sense of topography as the study of place still has currency in Europe.

In Schemes
Type

http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept

scopeNote

US LTER controlled vocabulary

creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

definition

A field of planetary science comprising the study of surface shape and features of the Earth and other observable astronomical objects including planets, moons, and asteroids. In general, topography is concerned with local detail in general, including not only relief but also natural and artificial features, and even local history and culture. This meaning is less common in America, where topographic maps with elevation contours have made "topography\" synonymous with relief. The older sense of topography as the study of place still has currency in Europe.

prefLabel

topography

created

2016-03-31

broader

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21447

modified

2018-12-18

exactMatch

http://linkeddata.ge.imati.cnr.it:2020/resource/EARTh/92840

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7815

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/topography

https://vocab.lternet.edu/vocab/vocab/?tema=589

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