The study of how Earth's landforms and surface features are created and have developed over geological time.
From geo- 'Earth' plus morpho- 'form' plus -geny 'origin' or 'coming into being' (from Greek genesis). This term describes both the processes and the field of study focused on Earth's landscape formation.
Geomorphogeny explains why continents that are now separated by oceans have identical mountain ranges and rock formations—because they were once joined together, and the processes that shaped them were the same before they drifted apart.
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.