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The branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere its distribution and uses and conservation
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hydrology
Word definitions for hydrology in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1762, from hydro- + -logy . Related: Hydrologist ; hydrological (1660s).
Wikipedia
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Hydrology is the second EP by Recoil , released January 25, 1988. Hydrology was Alan Wilder 's second Recoil release. The CD and cassette version included the first release, 1+2 . Wilder was unable to promote his new album because of the onset of (his band) ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hydrology \Hy*drol"o*gy\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + -logy: cf. F. hydrologie.] The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth's surface.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation
Usage examples of hydrology.
The elimination of the beavers and over-grazing, especially of the riparian habitats, altered the hydrology of the continent.
And hydrology, gentlemen, is the science dealing with the behavior of water in circulation on the land, in the air, and underground.
She had been offered other kinds of jobs, but the prospect of teaching geology or hydrology to bored freshmen in well-scrubbed classrooms made her extremely restless.
President and her husband have spent the last couple of days in Cuba at the UN hydrology conference.
Under Powell the Geological Survey employed dozens of scientists working on hydrology, paleontology, and a vast project for developing a national map, He also headed the Bureau of American Ethnology.
She did not love Michel passionately, but he was a good friend, a good lover, and a good therapist, and having him around was like having an anchor inside her, keeping her from flying away into exhilarations of hydrology or revolutionary fervor, also from sinking too deep into terrible abysses of political despair or personal repugnance.