hydrographical

American  

[hahy-druh graf-i-kuhl] / ˌhaɪ drə ˈgræf ɪ kəl /

adjective

1. regarding or relating to hydrography.

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Other Word Forms

• hydrographically adverb

Example Sentences

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.

I still distinctly recollect the untamed aspect which the country exhibited when first I entered the beautiful basin, which thus became the scene of my early hydrographical operations.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry