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Definition of Isohyets
1. isohyet [n] - See also: isohyet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Isohyets
Literary usage of Isohyets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Teaching of Geography by Bertie Cotterell Wallis (1916)
"From these values isohyets may be plotted and then compared with the standard
isohyets of the Atlas of Meteorology or of the Survey Atlas of England and ..."
2. The Distribution of Rainfall Over the Land by Andrew John Herbertson (1901)
"Inland the area of low rainfall has increased, and the isohyets approach nearer
... The South American isohyets remain the same in the west, but in the east ..."
3. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"It was found that the 300 points were not sufficient to allow the isohyets to be
drawn with sufficient precision to allow of a close comparison, ..."
4. The Principles of Aërography by Alexander McAdie (1917)
"isohyets are lines denoting equal amounts of rainfall, and until within a year
or two they have been the only lines used in charting rainfall. ..."
5. The Principles of Aërography by Alexander McAdie (1917)
"isohyets are lines denoting equal amounts of rainfall, and until within a year
or two they have been the only lines used in charting rainfall. ..."
6. Meteorology Practical and Applied by John William Moore (1910)
"Professor Loomis, of Yale University, drew the first isohyets for the world in
1882.2 isohyets (Greek, ..."
7. Summary Proceedings of a Workshop on Cereal Yield Variability by P. B. R. Hazell (1986)
"This is demonstrated in Figure 3.3, which shows how the isohyets of mean annual
rainfall in Senegal calculated for the 16-year period 1968-83 are displaced ..."
8. The Teaching of Geography by Bertie Cotterell Wallis (1916)
"From these values isohyets may be plotted and then compared with the standard
isohyets of the Atlas of Meteorology or of the Survey Atlas of England and ..."
9. The Distribution of Rainfall Over the Land by Andrew John Herbertson (1901)
"Inland the area of low rainfall has increased, and the isohyets approach nearer
... The South American isohyets remain the same in the west, but in the east ..."
10. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"It was found that the 300 points were not sufficient to allow the isohyets to be
drawn with sufficient precision to allow of a close comparison, ..."
11. The Principles of Aërography by Alexander McAdie (1917)
"isohyets are lines denoting equal amounts of rainfall, and until within a year
or two they have been the only lines used in charting rainfall. ..."
12. The Principles of Aërography by Alexander McAdie (1917)
"isohyets are lines denoting equal amounts of rainfall, and until within a year
or two they have been the only lines used in charting rainfall. ..."
13. Meteorology Practical and Applied by John William Moore (1910)
"Professor Loomis, of Yale University, drew the first isohyets for the world in
1882.2 isohyets (Greek, ..."
14. Summary Proceedings of a Workshop on Cereal Yield Variability by P. B. R. Hazell (1986)
"This is demonstrated in Figure 3.3, which shows how the isohyets of mean annual
rainfall in Senegal calculated for the 16-year period 1968-83 are displaced ..."
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