hydrology

[ hahy-drol-uh-jee ]

noun

1. the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
2. hydrogeology; geohydrology.

hydrology

/ ˌhaɪdrəˈlɒdʒɪk; haɪˈdrɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the study of the distribution, conservation, use, etc, of the water of the earth and its atmosphere, particularly at the land surface

hydrology

/ hī-drŏl′ə-jē /

1. The scientific study of the properties, distribution, and effects of water as a liquid, solid, or gas on the Earth's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere.

Derived Forms

• hyˈdrologist, noun
• hydrologic, adjective
• ˌhydroˈlogically, adverb

Other Words From

• hy·dro·log·ic [hahy-dr, uh, -, loj, -ik], hydro·logi·cal adjective
• hydro·logi·cal·ly adverb
• hy·drolo·gist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrology¹

First recorded in 1755–65; hydro- ¹ + -logy

Example Sentences

What’s more, the new system uses roughly a tenth the amount of water that the conventional method uses, researchers reported June 23 at the Frontiers in Hydrology meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

From Science News

That simple bit of hydrology has big implications for Europa, the authors of the paper concluded.

From Time

Rise Gold promises their operations will be clean, but even so, the company’s hydrology report does note arsenic leaching from some test samples.

From Popular-Science

They construct models of how water behaves within the built environment, factoring in each place’s specific ecology, geology, hydrology, and culture—a kind of computational geography.

From MIT Technology Review

I don’t know what they expect to see in terms of major vegetative or hydrology changes in Gorongosa, the way that’s alleged to have happened in Yellowstone.

From Nautilus

The writer was evidently in total ignorance of the laws of hydrology.

From Project Gutenberg

Patterson parked his car and walked quickly to Snow Hydrology.

From Project Gutenberg

On the ground, the ramp came down and they drove out of the copter and across the pad towards Snow Hydrology Section's motor park.

From Project Gutenberg

The subject is closely related to geography, climatology, sedimentation, and hydrology.

From Project Gutenberg

Hydrology, hī-drol′o-ji, n. the science which treats of water.

From Project Gutenberg