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Köppenian

Köppenian adjective: of or pertaining to works by Russian–German geographer Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940).

Adjective

Köppenian (comparative more Köppenian, superlative most Köppenian)

  1. Of or pertaining to works by Russian–German geographer Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940).
    • The point is that as fairly static pre-war Davisian geomorphology and Köppenian climate classification gave way to postwar, dynamic, process geomorphology and climate change studies, as geography went through its revolution, the field was radically transformed, geography became–and continues to...2016, Don Mitchell, Did We Accomplish the Revolution in Geographic Thought?, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2021, page 2

Forms of Köppenian

comparativemore Köppenian
superlativemost Köppenian

Origin of Köppenian

From Köppen + -ian.

Questions about Köppenian

What does Köppenian mean?
Köppenian means of or pertaining to works by Russian–German geographer Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940).
What part of speech is Köppenian?
Köppenian is an adjective.

Words near Köppenian in the dictionary

  1. Königswartha
  2. Königswinter
  3. Köniz
  4. Köppen
  5. Köppen climate classification
  6. Köppenian
  7. Köppens
  8. köttigite
  9. Köttstorfer
  10. Köttstorfer value
  11. Köttstorfer values

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