hydrology means 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. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 80 out of 100.
Etymology
From hydro- + -ology.
noun
- 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.
- The properties, distribution, and flows of water in a specific locale; the hydrological characteristics of a particular place or region.“Excessively high floods may be caused by obstructions which were not noted by the observer subsequently removed. Information of this kind is necessary, but it is equally necessary that something of the local hydrology should be also known and applied.”