microtopographicaladj.

1955 Ecol. Monogr. 25 56 Microtopographical features in the form of ‘bog wallows’ on the level uplands and alternating microridges and microvalleys on the gentle slopes were evident in most of the fields.

1958 New Biol. 26 40 Even in apparently flat and uniform grassland, the distribution of the buttercup species is usually found to be associated with microtopographical features which determine slight differences in the rate of drainage and the speed with which the soil dries out during drought periods.

1971 Nature 22 Jan. 248/1 I have had occasion recently to re-read Goethe's Theory of Colours (1810) and have found that he described the nature of the microtopographical interference pattern given by a crystal surface.

1996 Ecol. Applic. 6 263 The effect operates even on a microtopographical scale.