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Definition of Hydrology

1. Noun. The branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation.

Definition of Hydrology

1. n. The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth's surface.

Definition of Hydrology

1. Noun. 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 ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hydrology

1. [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Hydrology

1. The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth's surface. Origin: Hydro-, 1: cf. F. Hydrologie Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Hydrology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century: Part the First in Three by Samuel Miller (1805)
"hydrology. t The natural history of Waters holds so important a place among the ... The accessions to hydrology in modern times have been very great. ..."

2. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1893)
"International Congress of hydrology and Climatology, Rome, Septen ber 24th-0ctober 1st, 1893.—The third Session of the International Congre of hydrology and ..."

3. Remaking the Mississippi by John Lathrop Mathews (1909)
"CHAPTER II THE hydrology OF THE SYSTEM ... necessarily depends upon these things,—a knowledge of the hydrology of the stream and its tributaries, ..."

4. Watershed: The Role of Fresh Water in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Stephen C. Lonergan, David B. Brooks (1994)
"... hydrology, AND CLIMATE A certain gentile asked Rabbi Joshua: You have festivals, and we have festivals. We do not rejoice when you do, and you do not ..."

5. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1901)
"... which occupies 12 pages, and from this we gather that the paper deals with the following items :— hydrology of the Carboniferous rocks; hydrology of the ..."

6. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"EARTH RESOURCES: Water Resources & hydrology 0662 Deep Wellbore Test Resource Department of Energy Los Alamos National Laboratory, GeoEngineering Group, ..."

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