Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hypsography

2 senses of hypsography

Sense 1
hypsography -- (the scientific study of the earth's configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level))
       => geology -- (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Sense 2
hypsometry, hypsography -- (measurement of the elevation of land above sea level)
       => measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration -- (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate")