hydrography
/hʌɪˈdrɒɡrəfi
/noun [mass noun]
The science of surveying and charting bodies of water, such as seas, lakes, and rivers.That opened a period of intense growth in scientific knowledge in the area of steamship mechanics, shipbuilding, hydrography and shipboard artillery....
- His work was both of a military and of a scientific nature, often combining these two aspects in his work on hydrography and cartography.
- He said: ‘I am very conscious of the excellent leadership of the nation's hydrography by my predecessors.’
Derivatives
hydrographer
/ noun ...- We sent the Navy hydrographers in to see where we could get in, but they couldn't find anywhere suitable.
- On display are oil paintings and photographs of past hydrographic and oceanographic ships, rare charts, drawings and gifts from various international hydrographers.
- An interesting fact is that modern hydrographers say the channel's intake has been stable since 1937.
hydrographic
/ adjective ...- Candidates also learn basic maritime operations, conduct hydro-graphic surveys and prepare hydrographic charts.
- The ship carries two small hydrographic survey launches, equipped with high-frequency sonar to operate in depths of 10 to 260 feet.
- This passage also makes clear that the global validity of natural powers produces precisely the differences and variations allowing genuine forms in every climatic or hydrographic zone.
hydrographical
- Among these were offices, storehouses, docks, locomotives, maps, hydrographical studies, and 50 million cubic metres of excavation - almost as much as on the original Suez Canal.
- He was one of the first 19th century sailors who tamed the seas through science, inventing systems for transporting cannon over marshy ground, ciphers for code and a system of hydrographical surveys.
- Once a lake situated in a soft soil environment reaches a critical surface area, geographical and hydrographical processes will intensify the erosion of the shores.
hydrographically
- This area experiences large seasonal fluctuations in climate, and is also hydrographically complex.
- These fluids are thought to be saline brines derived from syntectonic, hydrographically closed, arid basins.
- The Point is hydrographically unique, being the only area along the U.S. East Cast where several major currents collide in such a complicated way.