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hydrology

[ hahy-drol-uh-jee ]

noun

  1. the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
  2. hydrogeology; geohydrology.


hydrology

/ ˌhaɪdrəˈlɒdʒɪk; haɪˈdrɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the study of the distribution, conservation, use, etc, of the water of the earth and its atmosphere, particularly at the land surface
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hydrology

/ hī-drŏlə-jē /

  1. The scientific study of the properties, distribution, and effects of water as a liquid, solid, or gas on the Earth's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere.


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Derived Forms

  • ˌhydroˈlogically, adverb
  • hydrologic, adjective
  • hyˈdrologist, noun
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Other Words From

  • hy·dro·log·ic [hahy-dr, uh, -, loj, -ik], hydro·logi·cal adjective
  • hydro·logi·cal·ly adverb
  • hy·drolo·gist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrology1

First recorded in 1755–65; hydro- 1 + -logy
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Example Sentences

What’s more, the new system uses roughly a tenth the amount of water that the conventional method uses, researchers reported June 23 at the Frontiers in Hydrology meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

That simple bit of hydrology has big implications for Europa, the authors of the paper concluded.

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Rise Gold promises their operations will be clean, but even so, the company’s hydrology report does note arsenic leaching from some test samples.

They construct models of how water behaves within the built environment, factoring in each place’s specific ecology, geology, hydrology, and culture—a kind of computational geography.

I don’t know what they expect to see in terms of major vegetative or hydrology changes in Gorongosa, the way that’s alleged to have happened in Yellowstone.

The writer was evidently in total ignorance of the laws of hydrology.

Patterson parked his car and walked quickly to Snow Hydrology.

On the ground, the ramp came down and they drove out of the copter and across the pad towards Snow Hydrology Section's motor park.

The subject is closely related to geography, climatology, sedimentation, and hydrology.

Hydrology, hī-drol′o-ji, n. the science which treats of water.

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