Topography \To*pog"ra*phy\, n. [F. topographie, Gr. ?; ? a place + ? to write.]

The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region.

Note: Topography, as the description of particular places, is distinguished from chorography, the description of a region or a district, and for geography, the description of the earth or of countries. --Brande & C.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)