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hydrology
1. The scientific study of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on the earth's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere.
2. The body of medical knowledge and practice concerned with the therapeutic use of bathing and water therapy.
3. The sum of knowledge regarding water and its uses.
4. The study of the characteristics and occurences of water, and of the hydrologic cycle.
2. The body of medical knowledge and practice concerned with the therapeutic use of bathing and water therapy.
3. The sum of knowledge regarding water and its uses.
4. The study of the characteristics and occurences of water, and of the hydrologic cycle.
Research in the physical phenomena associated with the waters of the earth; such as, evaporation, groundwater storage and flow, snow melting and precipitation. Such studies include the circulation, properties and distribution of water; especially, water in the earth's atmosphere, in the soil and rocks, and on the earth's surface.
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hydrology
The science that deals with the surface and ground waters of the earth; their occurrences, circulations, and distributions; as well as, their chemical and physical properties; and their reactions with environmental situations.
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(the science of water which denotes the study of the properties, distribution, and movements of water on land surfaces, in the soil, and through the subsurface rocks of the earth)