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English Dictionary: hydrography by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrography
n
  1. the science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrography \Hy*drog"ra*phy\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + -graphy: cf. F.
      hydrographie.]
      1. The art of measuring and describing the sea, lakes,
            rivers, and other waters, with their phenomena.
  
      2. 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.
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