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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hy•drog•ra•phy (hī drog′rə fē),USA pronunciation n. - Geographythe science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- Geographythose parts of a map, collectively, that represent surface waters.
- 1550–60; hydro-1 + -graphy
hy•drog′ra•pher, n. hy•dro•graph•ic (hī′drə graf′ik),USA pronunciation hy′dro•graph′i•cal, adj. hy′dro•graph′i•cal•ly, adv. |