HYDROLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrology mean? 

• HYDROLOGY (noun)
  The noun HYDROLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation

  Familiarity information: HYDROLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hydrology" is a kind of...):

geophysical science; geophysics (geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth)

 Context examples 

Significantly more water was lost from cracks and soil within fractured mountain rock during drought and gained during heavy precipitation than hydrology models show.

(Sierras Lost Water Weight, Grew Taller During Drought, NASA)

Adding to the oddities of Titan, with its Earth-like features carved by exotic materials, is the fact that the hydrology on one side of the northern hemisphere is completely different than the that of other side.

(Cassini Reveals Surprises with Titan's Lakes, NASA)