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Hydrography

noun
1.
The science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation.





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"Hydrography" Quotes from Famous Books



... of hydrography has its importance the chief meaning of Cricklade in history lay in the fact that it was the spot where this Ermine Street on its way from the south country to the Severn Valley got over the Thames, and the village connected with it was entrenched certainly in Roman and probably ...
— The Historic Thames • Hilaire Belloc
... tendencies were developed during a youth of adventure, spent in every nook and corner of the Globe. Moreover, his father, who was a man of thorough instruction, omitted no opportunity to consolidate this keen intelligence by serious studies in hydrography, physics, and mechanics, along with a slight tincture of botany, ...
— Five Weeks in a Balloon • Jules Verne
... of primitive people reflect environmental conditions with close fidelity, and since the Siouan Indians were distributed over a vast territory varying in climate, hydrography, geology, fauna, and flora, their industrial and esthetic arts can hardly be regarded as distinctive, and were indeed shared by other tribes of all ...
— The Siouan Indians • W. J. McGee


Words linked to "Hydrography" :   oceanology, oceanography, hydrographical


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