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. In this paper, a (3 + 1) -dimensional variable-coefficient generalized shallow water wave equation in oceanography and atmospheric science is investigated. Lump solutions are presented based on the Hirota's bilinear form and symbolic computation, and characteristics of lump solutions, such as the bright lump wave and the bright-dark lump wave, are demonstrated in some 3D graphs and contour plots.