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hydrography

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The art of measuring and describing the sea, lakes, rivers, and other waters, with their phenomena.

That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Commodore Fiona Freeman, hydrographer of Australia and director-general Hydrography and METOC, offered the invitation after Royal Australian Navy and AGO visits to U.S. Naval Oceanography commands highlighted opportunities for further collaboration. Source: Internet

Hydrography Riparian forest on the banks of the Eume Galicia is poetically known as the "country of the thousand rivers " ("o país dos mil ríos"). Source: Internet

Paleography Hydrography The Orinoco is by far the most important of the more than 1,000 rivers in the country. Source: Internet

Hydrography and biology: Drogden Sill (depth of convert) sets a limit to Øresund and Darss Sill (depth of convert), and a limit to the Belt Sea. Source: Internet

Hydrography Rivers rarely exceed convert in length, and it is common for the shorter ones to dry up during the summer. Source: Internet

Triton was used for hydrographic survey work for the civil hydrography programme (CHP) on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Source: Internet

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