The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Topography \To*pog"ra*phy\, n. [F. topographie, Gr. ?; ? a place
   + ? to write.]
   The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish,
   or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific
   delineation and description in minute detail of any place or
   region.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: Topography, as the description of particular places, is
         distinguished from chorography, the description of a
         region or a district, and for geography, the
         description of the earth or of countries. --Brande & C.
         [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

topography
    n 1: the configuration of a surface and the relations among its
         man-made and natural features
    2: precise detailed study of the surface features of a region