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Webster 1913 Edition

Hydrology

Hy-drol′o-gy

,

Noun.

[

Hydro-

, 1 +

-logy

: cf. F.

hydrologie

.]

The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth’s surface.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hydrology

HYDROL'OGY

,

Noun.

[Gr. water, and discourse.] The science of water, its properties and phenomena.

Definition 2024

hydrology

hydrology

English

Noun

hydrology ‎(usually uncountable, plural hydrologies)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

Translations

science related to water

Arabic: علم المياهيات
Armenian: ջրաբանություն (hy) ‎(ǰrabanutʿyun)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 水文學 (zh), 水文学 (zh) ‎(shuǐwénxué)
Czech: hydrologie f
Dutch: waterkunde f
Esperanto: hidrologio
Estonian: hüdroloogia
Faroese: vatnfrøði f
Finnish: hydrologia (fi), vesitiede (fi)
French: hydrologie (fr) f
German: Hydrologie (de) f
Greek: υδρολογία (el) ‎(ydrología)
Gujarati: જળવિજ્ઞાન ‎(jaḷvijñān)
Hawaiian: kālaiwai
Hindi: जलविज्ञान ‎(jalvijñān)
Hungarian: hidrológia (hu), víztan
Icelandic: vatnafræði f, vatnsfræði f
Ido: hidrologio (io)
Irish: hidreolaíocht f
Japanese: 水文学 ‎(すいもんがく, suimongaku)
Khmer: ជលវិទ្យា (km) ‎(jol vit tyea)

Korean: 수문학 (ko) ‎(sumunhak)
Latin: hydrologia f
Malagasy: haibolan-dranoka (mg)
Malay: hidrologi
Maori: mātai arowai
Marathi: जलविज्ञान ‎(jalvijñān)
Mongolian: ус судлал ‎(us sudlal)
Persian: هیدرولوژی
Polish: hydrologia (pl) f
Portuguese: hidrologia (pt) f
Romanian: hidrologie (ro) f
Russian: гидроло́гия (ru) ‎(gidrológija)
Slovene: hidrologija (sl) f
Spanish: hidrología f
Swedish: vattenlära
Tajik: обшиносӣ ‎(obšinosī)
Tamil: நீரியல் (ta) ‎(nīriyal)
Thai: อุทกวิทยา (th)
Turkish: su bilimi (tr)
Urdu: مائیات
Vietnamese: thủy văn học, thuỷ văn học