orografía

See also: orografia and orografią

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄρος (óros, “mountain”) + -grafía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾoɡɾaˈfia/ [o.ɾo.ɣ̞ɾaˈfi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: o‧ro‧gra‧fí‧a

Noun

orografía f (plural orografías)

1. orography (the scientific study of mountains)
2. orography (the orographic features of a region)

Derived terms

• orográfico

 

Further reading

• “orografía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28