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OROGRAPHY (Gr. opos, mountain, ypadeuv, to write)

OROGRAPHY (Gr. opos, See also:
MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)
mountain, ypadeuv, to write) , that See also:

PART

part of See also:

PHYSICAL

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GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography which deals, with the See also:

GEOLOGICAL

geological formation, the See also:

SURFACE

surface features and description of mountains . The terms " oreography," " orology" and "oreology" are also sometimes used .

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