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
  • And the topography of the state is flatter than a lot of places.
    Dug Begley, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2018
  • 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
  • De Leon said the topography of the land running from Hwy.
    Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 29 June 2018
  • The site slopes to the south with a topography difference of about 10 feet.
    Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 July 2018
  • Even the glaciers bypassed it, which is why the topography is unique.
    Dave Orrick, Twin Cities, 1 Apr. 2017
  • 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
  • Zoom in for the delicate detail of the topography and the French camps.
    Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2020
  • The topography and a promise of adventure, is as much of a draw as the wildlife.
    Sarah Sekula, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The topography has changed so much that the geologists need to redraw the map of this part of the coast.
    Thomas Curwen, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
  • It’s one of the few parts of the island where there’s topography wrinkling the landscape.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • He's lost in that stretch of topography—and amid the bustle of Khandwa.
    Esquire, 25 Feb. 2017
  • The feed refreshes, and so does the entire topography of the web.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Given the lack of trees or other sources of shade on the moon, the key factor here is topography.
    Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Due to currents and the topography of the land, this beach gets an abnormal amount of trash build-up.
    Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Like any land mass, the Helheim Glacier has a topography all its own.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2018
  • 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
  • Use topography to help tame high winds; look for low spots such as creek banks and gullies.
    T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2017
  • One of the best ways to explore its varied topography is by bus.
    Sarah Barrell, National Geographic, 9 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • The underpinnings of the topography might not be easy to build on.
    Joanne Cleaver, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • The park is large enough to contain a number of topographies; in touring its 70 pieces, one moves from lawns to fields to forests filled with bird calls and mossy logs.
    Gisela Williams, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • The rugged topography also provides plenty of places for creatures to hide.
    Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
  • The model also included Martian topography, the luminosity of the Sun, latest orbital data, and many other factors to predict how the Martian conditions and landscape evolved over the span of 3.5 billion years.
    ArsTechnica, 13 July 2025

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