Which word refers to the shape of the land in an area? elevation landform relief topography

Topography refers to the shape of the land in an area

Topography.

Explanation: The correct answer is Topography because it is the study of the representation of the shape of the land in an area on flat surfaces and small amounts of land used for this study. With the Topography you can appreciate both the physical or natural and artificial aspects of the earth's surface.

since there isn't any suggested answers i will give you the reason and hopefully you can figure it

south africa, or rather all of africa, has not been in the location in which it is nowadays throughout the geological past. after the super-continent pangaea started to break apart, gondwanaland, in which was africa, moved further south, and parts of it came to be very close to the south pole. because the climate in this part of the world is very cold due to the very dispersed sun rays in there, what is now south africa, started to freeze, and the conditions were right for the formation of glaciers. the glaciers existed up until the period when gondwanaland started to break apart and what is now africa started to move towards north, sp it warmed up and the glaciers melted.