topography

noun

Etymology: First attested in 1432. From Middle English topographye, from Latin topographia, from Ancient Greek τοπογραφία (topographía), from τόπος (tópos, “place”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).

1. A precise description of a place.
2. A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.
3. The features themselves.
4. The surveying of the features.
5. A figurative landscape; a structure of interrelated ideas, etc.

   “With good humor if predictably, the emotional topography of the faire facilitates a kind of liberation from both the closet and the cruelty of high school cliquedom.”