geography

maantiede, maantieto A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography; (label) an atlas or gazetteer.
The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
terrain Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
1973, Helen Miller Bailey, Abraham Phineas Nasatir, Latin America: the development of its civilization

The geography of the Andes approaches never made transportation easy; routes to Bogota, Quito, La Paz, and Cuzco were so precipitous as to slow down the development of those Spanish cities in the interior.

The Business Man Jocular: ‘I say, where's the geography, old son?’