relating to soil with characteristics caused by excess water
hydromorphic in American English
(ˌhaɪdrəˈmɔrfɪk)
adjective
Botany
having properties of structure adapted to growth wholly or partially in water
hydromorphic in American English
(ˌhaidrəˈmɔrfɪk)
adjective
of or pertaining to soil having characteristics that are developed when there is excess water allor part of the time
Word origin
[1935–40; hydro-1 + -morphic]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Arts and Crafts Movement, aeroembolism, fluorocarbon, hard core, walk-throughhydro- is a combining form meaning “water,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix hydro- include: hydrophone, hydroplane, hydrosphere, hydrostat, hydrotherapy
Examples of 'hydromorphic' in a sentence
hydromorphic
The soils are deep, mineral hydromorphic plinthosols, imperfectly to poorly drained, with low permeability.
Beatriz Schwantes Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon-Junior, Henrique Augusto Mews, Halina SoaresJancoski, Daniel David Franczak, Herson Souza Lima, Eddie Lenza, Amintas NazarethRossete, Micheli Cristina Moresco 2012, 'Florística dos campos de murundus do Pantanal do Araguaia, Mato Grosso, Brasil Floristicsof floodplain 'murundus' of the Pantanal of Araguaia, Mato Grosso, Brazil', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062012000100018. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Swamp forests are associated with hydromorphic soils and are naturally fragmented in their distribution.
Bruno Kurtz, Elisa Caris, Fabio Scarano 2014, 'Heterogeneity of the woody flora of swamp forests in southeastern and southern Brazil',Check Listhttps://checklist.pensoft.net/article/19061/download/pdf/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Recently they were discovered as minerals present in hydromorphic soils and sediments.
Lucia H. G. Chaves 2005, 'The role of green rust in the environment: a review O papel do green rust no ambiente',Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental - Agriambihttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662005000200021. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We have used morphometric analysis to divide the territory into hydromorphic and automorphic landscapes.
D. A. Chupina, I. D. Zolnikov, E. N. Smolentseva 2017, 'THE METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE MOST VULNERABLE AREAS CAUSED BY EXOGENOUS PROCESSESUNDER ARIDIFICATION/HUMIDIFICATION (BASED ON GIS AND RS)', InterCarto. InterGIShttp://intercarto.msu.ru/jour/article/view/546. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The highest values correspond to those which have salt efflorescences and the lowest values to soils affected by hydromorphic processes.
García Rodríguez, M. P., Pérez González, M. E. 2010, 'Cartografía mediante imágenes Landsat de suelos salinos en la tierra de Medina (Valladolid)',Estudios Geográficoshttp://estudiosgeograficos.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosgeograficos/article/view/305/304. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Field examinations revealed that the soil had a stable blocky or subangular structure and did not express substantial hydromorphic forms.
Tomaž PRUS, Nina ZUPANČIČ, Helena GRČMAN 2015, 'Soil of the lower valley of the Dragonja river (Slovenia)', Acta Agriculturae Slovenicahttp://ojs.aas.bf.uni-lj.si/index.php/AAS/article/view/25. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Currently, the soils examined present hydromorphic pedofeatures, which are the result of the most important pedogenicprocess in the lagoon.
Mohammad Washa, Mandana Nadimi-Goki, Alba Gallo, Claudio Cabianca, Claudio Bini 2015, 'Submerged pedology: the soils of minor islands in the Venice lagoon', EQAhttp://eqa.unibo.it/article/view/5795. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)