“Alphabet Topography,” a piece from Yale graduates Caspar Lam and YuJune Park of the Synoptic Office design studio, recreates the letters like a map of the mountains. The height of each letter ...

Topography is the study of land features, like mountains, creeks, and hills. It plays a big role in weather patterns and impacts things like heat and afternoon storms.

Africa’s topography is characterized by large-scale uplifted domes and subsided basins. Numerical simulations of mantle flow suggest that high topography along Africa’s eastern margin formed ...