Hydrognosy

Quick meaning: Hydrognosy is a noun meaning (rare) The scientific description of the waters of the Earth.

Meaning

(rare) The scientific description of the waters of the Earth.

Example Sentences

This is a brief review of past achievements, with suggested lines for future research in the field of hydrology in its broader sense, including hydrography, hydrognosy, hydrogeology, and hydrometeorology.

Taking into consideration the time employed, the series of reports must prove of decided economic value. They form a positive contribution to the science of hydrognosy, or the phenomena of earth waters, besides illustrating the possibility of an extensive agricultural utilisation of such valuable supplies.

I have a Doctorate in Hydrogeology, and the work I wrote some years ago on Hydrognosy has become a standard reference, so I was starting off with the proper knowledge, and I pointed to the great blue rocks and said: “Over by the rocks there, there’ll be waddies, gullies, cracks in the earth that’ll give us a little shade to rest up in for a while. If we’re lucky, we might even find a water hole.”

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include geognosy, hydrography, geognosis, geogony, geognosist, geohydrology.

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