hydrographical
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British hydrographical research costs $500,000 a year; the great dam at Aswan, built to regulate the Nile's flow, took three years to build, had to be thrice heightened, cost $21,000,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Not to mention what the bureau has sunk into a dozen planning reports, hydrographical surveys, maps, cost-benefit analysis, and—you know,” Roland Kyburz added.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
With his arms full of rolled-up hydrographical survey maps, he got out and started for the church.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
At about the same time, 1821-1826, the English Government commissioned Captains Moresby and Haines, of the naval service, to make hydrographical surveys with a view to obtaining a complete chart of the coasts of Arabia.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.
Under certain circumstances a change of level may undoubtedly force the water to flow over into some distinct hydrographical basin; but even then it will fall immediately into some other system of valleys already formed.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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