单词 | physiographic province |
释义 | > as lemmasphysiographic province c. Geography. More fully physiographic province. An extensive region in which all areas have a broadly similar geology and topography and which differs significantly from adjacent regions. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [noun] > province province1893 1893 14th Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1892–3: Pt. 1 71 One of the results of this interpretation is the recognition of geologic provinces... The geologic province is the unit of past geography; throughout each the successive deposits represent a definite chronologic sequence, and throughout each there may generally be found definite, consistent, and mutually corroborative series of records of geologic events. 1895 B. Willis Northern Appalachians (National Geographic Monogr. I. No. 6) 197 The ranges of the mountains..were a barrier to intercourse long after the several topographic provinces had come under one national government. 1914 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 4 85 The confusion will be worse when the plotting of census and other statistics by physiographic provinces has become common. 1936 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 20 1297 Although geologists and travellers subdivide the mountainous area of Chiapas into several sections..their related and combined features can be taken as a whole to form one large province. 2005 Quaternary Res. 64 265/1 Determining the timing of..ice advances on the Colorado Plateau is essential for understanding the response of this unique physiographic province to climatic shifts. < as lemmas |
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