How to Use topography in a Sentence

topography

noun
  • The topography of the area may be a big part of the problem.
    Steve Smith, courant.com, 17 Feb. 2022
  • To know the topography of Paris is to know that the Seine runs right through the heart of the capital city.
    Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2024
  • The size of the cell tower footprint on such alerts can vary by topography (the hills in the area).
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 30 Aug. 2021
  • There were also shots of us in the desert, and that kind of topography was in Breaking Bad.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2023
  • Because of the topography of the site, Dylan and team used the natural contours of the land to guide the project.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
  • It’s one of the few parts of the island where there’s topography wrinkling the landscape.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • The feed refreshes, and so does the entire topography of the web.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The Greenfields enjoy the area’s topography, which includes parklands full of wildlife and a tidal creek that runs to the beach.
    Cecilie Rohwedder, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022
  • But by and large, the ancient topography is still there.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Once a large dairy farm, Bluffview earned its name from its hilly topography.
    Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2021
  • Given the topography, Cundy will cancel trips if there's even a hint of rain in the narrow canyons of Zion.
    CBS News, 22 Aug. 2022
  • One challenge is the area’s topography, which includes deep drainages and canyons that can act as funnels for the wind and flames.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021
  • No one, at this time, had ever been in an airplane; no one had seen the Earth’s topography from high above.
    Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2024
  • Cars, trains, and buses make the topography change at a speed the mind comprehends.
    Emma Copley Eisenberg, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2024
  • This jagged topography can melt faster than flatter parts of the ice shelf’s belly.
    WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The pool deck looks out on the undulant topography of Beverly Hills, with the steeple tops of pine trees etched in the distance.
    Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
  • Wind gusts of 20 to 35 mph sweeping across the Southland in the afternoons and at night will further dry out the topography.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Mexico has some of the most diverse topography in the world.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The people are so hospitable, the topography is so vast, and there’s such a unique, diverse culture.
    Alice Holtham, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Adding to the challenges is the area’s topography, which includes deep drainages and canyons that can act as funnels for the wind and flames, officials said.
    Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021
  • This path is one of the few in the park that dips below the crater’s rim, traveling for 11 miles across a topography unlike anything else on the planet.
    Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 29 Sep. 2022
  • That fact, combined with the topography, makes the area ideal for such a project, officials said.
    Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2023
  • This map bowed out the equator in an attempt to replicate the topography of a sphere and avoid stretching out areas far from the equator.
    Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2022
  • But the topography of the Wild West rises up through a web of concrete roads dotted with clusters of glass high-rises.
    Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Right that must map out the topography of the Creative Society in the 21st century.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 10 June 2023
  • Not only do the trees put on a beautiful display of red, gold, and orange tones, but the rise and fall of the topography allows small towns to dot the curves of the landscape.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
  • As the topography levels to tundra en route to the sea, there is always the chance of spotting moose, caribou, wolves or bear on the hillsides above the river.
    Chris Santella, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Further, much of that topography has been ravaged by decades or more of strip mining.
    Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 14 Feb. 2023
  • These are the two largest American cities, antipodes in style and topography.
    Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The radar will also study the ice’s structure and thickness, as well as the moon’s surface topography, composition, and roughness.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024

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