oreography

Noun

orography (usually uncountable, plural orographies)

1. (usually) The scientific study, or a physical description of mountains.
   • Orography: A description of mountains.1846, Joseph Emerson Worcester, A universal and critical dictionary of the English language: to which are added Walker's Key to the pronunciation of classical and Scripture proper names, much...
2. (usually) The orographic features of a region.
   • Morocco was in 1883-1884 the scene of important explorations by de Foucauld, a Frenchman who, disguised as a Jew, crossed and re-crossed the Atlas and supplied the first trustworthy information as to the orography of many parts of the chain.1911, “Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition”, in Africa