English Explanatory Dictionary

palaeogeography

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The study of historical geography — of the (chiefly physical, but sometimes political/cultural) geography of the world in the geologic past.
Synonym of paleogeomorphology The study of the physical geography from the past; no political or cultural history

Word forms

palaeogeography palaeogeographies paleogeography

Etymology

From palaeo- + geography.

Synonyms

palaeogeomorphology paleogeomorphology paleogeomorphology The study of the physical geography from the past

Translations

Bashkir: палеогеография Chinese Mandarin: 古地理學 /古地理学 Dutch: paleogeografie French: paléogéographie Irish: pailéigeografaíocht Japanese: 古地理学 Kazakh: палеогеография Korean: 고지리학 Kyrgyz: палеогеография Portuguese: paleogeografia Romanian: paleogeografie Vietnamese: cổ địa lý học Vietnamese: cổ địa lí học

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