hydrographical
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- hydrographically adverb
Example Sentences
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British hydrographical research costs $500,000 a year; the great dam at Aswan, built to regulate the Nile's flow, took three years to build, had to be thrice heightened, cost $21,000,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Not to mention what the bureau has sunk into a dozen planning reports, hydrographical surveys, maps, cost-benefit analysis, and—you know,” Roland Kyburz added.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
With his arms full of rolled-up hydrographical survey maps, he got out and started for the church.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
From this small beginning arose the important department which is now the main source of the supply of hydrographical information to the whole of the maritime world.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
Under certain circumstances a change of level may undoubtedly force the water to flow over into some distinct hydrographical basin; but even then it will fall immediately into some other system of valleys already formed.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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