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hydrography

Syllables: hy·dro·gra·phy/haɪˈdɹɒɡ.ɹə.fi/US/haɪˈdɹɑɡ.ɹə.fi/

hydrography noun: the scientific measurement and description of the physical features and conditions of navigable waters and the shoreline.

Noun

hydrography (countable and uncountable, plural hydrographies)

  1. The scientific measurement and description of the physical features and conditions of navigable waters and the shoreline.
    • This small pond is not in the MDNR hydrography dataset but is part of a larger historical feature bisected by the Project Alignment noted in the MDNR hydrography data as a drained wetland.2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 89

hydrography meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malay and Indonesian

hydrography in Tamil

Measurement and description of navigable waters
நீராய்வியல் nīrāyviyal

hydrography in Bengali

Measurement and description of navigable waters
জললেখবিজ্ঞান jollekhbiggên

hydrography in Malay

Measurement and description of navigable waters
hidrografi

hydrography in Indonesian

Measurement and description of navigable waters
hidrografi
More languagesFewer languages
hydrography in Persian
آبنگاری
hydrography in Thai
อุทกศาสตร์ ù-tók-gà-sàat
hydrography in Vietnamese
thuỷ đạc học
Sindhi
آبونگاري ābõgāre

Forms of hydrography

pluralhydrographies

Origin of hydrography

From hydro- + -graphy.

Words formed from hydrography

Words that rhyme with hydrography

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Questions about hydrography

What does hydrography mean?
Hydrography means the scientific measurement and description of the physical features and conditions of navigable waters and the shoreline.
What is hydrography in Tamil?
Hydrography in Tamil is நீராய்வியல் (nīrāyviyal). See Hydrography meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hydrography?
Hydrography is a noun.
How do you pronounce hydrography?
Hydrography is pronounced /haɪˈdɹɒɡ.ɹə.fi/ (UK).
What is the plural of hydrography?
The plural of hydrography is hydrographies.

Words near hydrography in the dictionary

  1. hydrographically
  2. hydrographies
  3. hydrographist
  4. hydrographists
  5. hydrographs
  6. hydrography
  7. hydrogravitational
  8. hydrogrossular
  9. hydroguret
  10. hydrogurets
  11. hydrogymnastic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydrography (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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