geomorphology(n = noun.cognition) morphology - the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms;
is a kind of geophysical science, geophysics
has particulars: plate tectonic theory, plate tectonics, tectonics, lithology, petrology
Derived forms adjective geomorphologic1, adjective geomorphological1
geomorphology, n. the study of the physical features of the surface of the earth and their relation to its geological structures.
Derivative:
geomorphological adj. geomorphologist n.