hydrogeology

English

Etymology

hydro- +‎ geology

Noun

hydrogeology (usually uncountable, plural hydrogeologies)

1. The geology of groundwater, especially concerning the physical, biological and chemical properties of its occurrence and movement.
   • 2021 October 1, Robin Craig, “In term-opener, justices will hear Mississippi’s complaint that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater”, in SCOTUSblog:

     This issue led to an interim battle among the parties to exclude various expert witnesses regarding the aquifer's hydrogeology and a five-day evidentiary hearing before Special Master Eugene Siler in May 2019.

Derived terms

• hydrogeologist

Translations

the geology of groundwater

• Czech: hydrogeologie f
• Finnish: hydrogeologia (fi), geohydrologia (fi)
• French: hydrogéologie (fr) f
• Galician: hidroxeoloxía f
• Georgian: ჰიდროგეოლოგია (hidrogeologia)
• Irish: hidrigeolaíocht f
• Japanese: 水文地質学者
• Khmer: ជលធរណីវិទ្យា (jol thor rak ni vit tyea)
• Polish: hydrogeologia (pl) f
• Russian: гидрогеология (ru) f (gidrogeologija)

Anagrams

• geohydrology