bathymetry
noun
the measurement of the depths of oceans, seas, or other large bodies of water.
bathymetric
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a word derived from
bathymetry.
Example Sentences
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This bathymetric image mapped by the submersible shows a portion of the seafloor at the base of the mountain, in brown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
In their model, the researchers combined available data on ocean movements and the sea state, as well as water depths and bathymetric information.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2023
Public release of previously private bathymetric data is helping to widen the areas plotted.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 25, 2022
In 2010, an Iraqi graduate student commissioned a bathymetric survey of the reservoir floor, which is more than a hundred and sixty feet underwater.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 25, 2016
With its haughty Roman nose and long, ropelike neck, which it coils and twists in a most incredible manner, it seems specially intended to distract one's mind from bathymetric disappointments.
From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Hiram Bingham
