Topography (Noun)-  The art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations.

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“By Mr.Self’s usual standards, the walk from Kennedy to Manhattan, about 20 miles, is a mere stroll. What recommended it was that it would take him through parts of the city that most people never notice while driving in a car: an experience that Mr. Self, a student of psycho-geography, believes has imposed a ‘windscreen-based virtuality’ on travel, cutting us off from experiencing our own topography”.

I encountered the word while looking over our reading for the hundredth time. Ive heard this word before and from its context I understood that it means our surroundings. The meaning went in depth and gave more explanation to the word. I now understand that it means the arrangement and detailing of particular area.