Talk:Orography

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Without some explanation before hand, I don't think this text makes much sense. I've removed it to make the page a bit simpler, maybe it could be put back with further explanation?

Because orography is spatially averaged, for example the height of the [[Himalaya]] mountains will depend on horizontal [[Image resolution|resolution]]. The higher the horizontal resolution, the better the orography will follow the actual terrain.<ref>[http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?p=1&query=Orography&submit=Search Orography] (from the [[American Meteorological Society]] website)</ref>

--PhilMacD (talk) 22:12, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Odd definition[edit]

Hi, I'm confused that orography is defined in the first sentence as "the study of...." when the article continues to say the orography of East Africe affects the monsoon. I'm not sure that the amount of studying you do can affect a physical process...? Does the word mean "the study of" or is it describing the actual lay of the land? Thanks, Viv D 90.200.64.166 (talk) 05:57, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reworded ... better now? Vsmith (talk) 13:59, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Splitting proposal[edit]

@Lithopsian: I propose that sections Orographic precipitation be split into a separate page called Orographic precipitation. The content of the current page seems off-topic and these sections are large enough to make their own page. Pathsw (talk) 22:39, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a split tag to the article. This will hopefully attract a little more attention to the discussion. Lithopsian (talk) 14:35, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agree based on scope of geomorphology vs meteorology. Widefox; talk 17:32, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Agree per nom. Libcub (talk) 06:35, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Agree but the actual split should ideally wait until citations are added to make sure sourcing is adequate for a stand-alone article. The section is presently uncited, with only general references. Reidgreg (talk) 14:15, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]