How to Use hydrology in a Sentence

hydrology

noun
Definition of hydrologynext
  • Here's the truth: Not all the science is yet in, but the geography and hydrology of the area in question will not change.
    — Julie Padilla, Star Tribune, 20 Dec. 2020
  • The dams and ponds appeared to have altered the hydrology of the landscape around them, Tinniswood says.
    — Isobel Whitcomb, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The onus would fall to developers to study the hydrology of a water system to prove their project would cause no harm.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Letsinger said this will severely impact the hydrology of the area.
    — Emily Hopkins, Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2018
  • Most are in pretty good shape, but many of them were built 70 and 80 years ago and were designed for a different hydrology.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2021
  • Over time vehicular and foot traffic has changed the hydrology of the Black Rock.
    — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Over time, the data can show whether an area’s hydrology — how water moves on land — is changing.
    — Sarah Meehan, baltimoresun.com, 31 May 2018
  • The hydrology of the Qeshm Island mangroves is also unique.
    — Aaron Sidder, National Geographic, 13 June 2016
  • This is ideal underground storage in contrast to the rocky hydrology of the rough North Coast.
    — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
  • What’s bad news for our emotional health is good news for the hydrology outlook.
    — oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Williams is the first to admit hydrology is not an exact science.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Soil and hydrology studies are underway at the shopping mall site, and the results should be available in a few weeks.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2022
  • The first step will be to conduct a hydrology study and remove drainage pipes to restore wetlands in low-lying areas.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Barriers like one across the mouth of the Lafayette River, which is proposed for Norfolk, alter the hydrology of ecosystems.
    — Jim Morrison, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
  • After the ground cools, a team of hydrology and biology experts will assess the burn area.
    — Erin Stone, azcentral, 22 June 2020
  • The project would restore 118.2 acres of coastal habitat and restore more natural hydrology in the preserve.
    — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The canal was the first of a long series of ambitious interventions in Chennai’s complex hydrology; many of those initiatives changed the city for the worse.
    — Bill Spindle, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Frank said while the EPA doesn't see any fundamental change to the remedy, there should be some accounting for the hydrology of the site and how that might affect the Calumet neighborhood.
    — Craig Lyons, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • The topography and hydrology of the city made extending the street a difficult prospect.
    — Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Kozfkay credited Dimmick and Steve Sweet, a hydrology and engineering consultant who does a lot of work for Flood 10, for the change.
    — Sven Berg, idahostatesman, 15 May 2017
  • The idea that forests should be conserved to store carbon has greater sway in the northern hemisphere, while the immediate effects on hydrology are more personal to those who live near the trees.
    — Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
  • There have been no visual changes to the ground surface or hydrology, however, radars have detected high rates of ground uplift.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Skiers harness their knowledge of friction and hydrology, and lugers push their aerodynamics chops to the limits.
    — Evelyn Lamb, Smithsonian, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Images taken by its camera are used in hydrology and forestry and data sent by it are used for oceanographic studies.
    — Washington Post, 12 July 2019
  • In that scenario, crevasses would open up in the glacial ice during the summer, allowing water to pour down to the bedrock, supercharging the subglacial hydrology.
    — WIRED, 8 Nov. 2022
  • All that water has reshaped wildlands, upending the natural rhythms of some species, hydrology and wildlife experts told The Times.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • Prevention of threats such as sea level rise, pollution, and hydrology changes will take more time but have a larger, long-term impact.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Some of them, no doubt, are willing to adopt the cynical view that swamp monsters are better at fighting in that terrain than those accustomed to more agreeable hydrologies.
    — Matthew Walther, TheWeek, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Development projects are reviewed by professional engineers licensed by the state and must follow state hydrology standards, James, the city manager, said.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
  • An undated photo of hydrology professor Thomas Meixner of the University of Arizona.
    — CBS News, 21 May 2024

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