TOPOGRAPHY

noun see: carve Date: 15th century 1. the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations, topographical surveying, 2. the configuration of a surface including its relief and the position of its natural and man-made features, the physical or natural features of an object or entity and their structural relationships