hydrography

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation

From hydro- + -graphy.

It was German right enough, a little manual of hydrography with no publisher’s name on it. — Mr. Standfast, John Buchan
In plain fact we were merely two young gentlemen in a seven-ton pleasure boat, with a taste for amateur hydrography and police duty combined. — The Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Childers
This peculiar feature of hydrography is of course local--limited to this section of the province--indeed if it be not to this corner of the world. — Acadia: or, A Month with the Blue Noses, Frederic S. (Frederic Swartwout) Cozzens

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