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What is the similares and the difference between topography and geography

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is that topography is a precise description of a place while geography is the study of the physical structure and inhabitants of the earth.

Step-by-step explanation:

English: topography:

Noun

(wikipedia topography) (topographies)

a precise description of a place

a detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object

the features themselves (the terrain)

the surveying of the features

Related terms

* topograph * topographer * topographic * * topographical * topographically

See also

* topology * toponym * toponymic

geography:

English

Noun

(wikipedia geography) (wikiversity)

The study of the physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth.

The physical structure of a particular region; terrain.

* 1973 , Helen Miller Bailey, Abraham Phineas Nasatir, Latin America: the development of its civilization

The geography of the Andes approaches never made transportation easy; routes to Bogota, Quito, La Paz, and Cuzco were so precipitous as to slow down the development of those Spanish cities in the interior.

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