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- the study of the characteristics, origin, and development of landforms.
noun
- the branch of geology that is concerned with the structure, origin, and development of the topographical features of the earth’s surface
1893, from geo- + morphology. Form geomorphy is from 1889. Related: Geomorphological; geomorphologically; geomorphologist.
- The scientific study of the formation, alteration, and configuration of landforms and their relationship with underlying structures.