Hydrology
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hydrology is a noun meaning The properties, distribution, and flows of water in a specific locale; the hydrological characteristics of a particular place or region.
Meaning
The properties, distribution, and flows of water in a specific locale; the hydrological characteristics of a particular place or region.
More Meanings
- The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere.
Example Sentences
Operations studies are required to define appropriate hydrologies and facility operations schedules on which to base the Delta modeling.
Excessively high floods may be caused by obstructions which were not noted by the observer subsequently removed. Information of this kind is necessary, but it is equally necessary that something of the local hydrology should be also known and applied.
Word Forms
- hydrologies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hydrogeology, water, hydrography, hydrographic, hydrometric, fresh-water.
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