State Physiographic Area

State Physiographic Area
   An area of relatively local extent and whose parts are similar in geologic structure and climate and which has consequently had a unified geomorphic history, and whose pattern of relief or landforms differ significantly from that of adjacent areas; i.e., a subset within a Physiographic Section. [ The fourth highest level in the Physiographic Location part of the Geomorphic Description System ].
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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