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.

&fist; 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.

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.

&fist; 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.

• 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