Meaning

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

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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.

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.

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.”

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Use hydrognosy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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