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hydrologist

hydrologist

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A scientist who studies water on the ground, under the ground, and in rivers
  • noun
  • /haɪˈdrɒlədʒɪst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hidrólogo
  • The hydrologist analyzed the river's flow to better understand its seasonal changes.
  • groundwater hydrologists

Examples

  • What are fractures and why do they pose challenges for groundwater hydrologists?

    Academic text (1997)
  • I have degrees in geology, but wound up as a hydrologist.

    Blog text (23)
  • As a hydrologist and environmental scientist, I have decades of studying these things behind me.

    Blog text (29)
  • Yet, as a hydrologist, tell me, how much water is transported annually by the Hadley cells?

    Blog text (32)
  • David R. Purkey is a hydrologist with the Stockholm Environmental Institute in Davis, California.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The park loses almost 200,000 acre-feet of water annually, says hydrologist Johnson.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Their endeavor could add a valuable new source of data to computer models hydrologists use to forecast snowmelt.

    Academic text (1995)
  • First, hydrologists assess the effects of land use on precipitation and on surface and subsurface runoff regimes.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Hydrologists have already simulated the impact of different flood releases on the entire Zambesi catchment area.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Amerman says ARS hydrologist Leonard Lane provided the vision that brought process-based hydrology to the WEPP technology.

    Academic text (1997)

Surface Forms

hydrologist singular
hydrologists plural

Morphology

hydrologist = hydrology (semi-transparent) = hydro + log + ist

Hydrologist is a straightforward person noun formed from hydrology plus -ist.

Etymology

The word hydrologist breaks into hydro- 'water', -logy 'study', and -ist 'person'. Like hydrate and biologist, a hydrologist is a scientist who studies water on Earth.