hypsometryn.
/hɪpˈsɒmɪtri/ The measuring of altitudes; the science which treats of this; also, the subject of this science, the condition of a part of the earth's surface in reference to height above (or depth below) the level of the sea.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] > relief > altitude
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erection1584
erectnessa1613
tree-line1893
the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [noun] > measurement > of relief
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morphometry1857
hypsography1885
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measurement of other dimensions > [noun] > of height or depth
hypsometry1570
the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measurement of other dimensions > [noun] > of height or depth > of altitude or height
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hypsometry1847
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiij v How High or depe, aboue or vnder the leuel of the measurers standing, any thing is..called Hypsometrie.
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) v. §283 That part of the extra-tropical North Atlantic..is peculiar as to its hypsometry.
1861–3 H. de Schlagintweit et al. Results Sci. Mission India & High Asia II. (title) General Hypsometry of India, the Himalaya, and Western Thibet.
1874 J. D. Whitney (title) Barometric Hypsometry.
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