Examples of “hydrology” in a Sentence

noun The scientific study of how water occurs, moves and behaves on land, underground and in the air.

• She studied hydrology at university before working for an environment agency.
• Hydrology explains how rainfall becomes river flow.

noun The pattern of how water is found and moves in a given area.

• The report looks at flood risk in the context of local hydrology.
• The hydrology of the valley changed after the new dam was built.
• Engineers surveyed the hydrology of the site before building began.
• Peat bogs have a very distinctive hydrology.