Space-time of the relief

Abstract

Spatial-temporal structure of the relief may be described using conceptual-terminological system based on three initial concepts, those are: spatial organisation, hierarchic sequence and morphological sequence. The unified space-time of the relief is five-dimensional: it involves a time coordinate, three coordinates of the Euclidean space and a coordinate of grouping which describes relations between levels of organisation of the Earth surface relief.

Considerations of the unified space-time of the relief require development of concept of the relief's proper time - the geomorphology must re-discover the relief.