topography
(Science: microscopy) The surface features of an object or how it looks its texture, direct relation between these features and materials properties (hardness, reflectivity etc.).
Nutrients in the soil are essential to the proper growth of a land plant. This tutorial deals with the properties of soil and the factors (i.e. climate, parent material, local topography, vegetation, living organisms, and time) that brought soil to what it is today. ..
