topographical

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Topographical means to do with the shape and features of the land. A topographical map.

It shows hills and valleys rather than roads and boundaries. A topographical survey is what any building project starts from, before anything else is drawn.

Definitions of topographical

1adjectivetopographicalTo do with the shape and features of the land.C2
“The topographical map explained why the road went the long way.”

topographical is a quality.

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topographical in the wild

Terrain (from Latin terra 'earth'), alternatively relief or topographical relief, is the dimension and shape of a given surface of a land.
Terrain
If the primary purpose of a picture is to depict an actual, specific place, especially including buildings prominently, it is called a topographical view.
Landscape painting
Samuel Lewis was a British editor and publisher of topographical dictionaries and maps of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Samuel Lewis (publisher)
In medicine, a topographical code (or topography code) is a code that indicates a specific location in the body.
Topographical code
In Yorkshire there is a very close relationship between the major topographical areas and the geological period in which they were formed.
Topographical areas of Yorkshire

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