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Hydrology vs Hydrography - What's the difference?

hydrology | hydrography |

As nouns the difference between hydrology and hydrography

is that hydrology is the science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere while hydrography is the scientific measurement and description of the physical features and conditions of navigable waters and the shoreline.

hydrology

English

(wikipedia hydrology)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere

    • Derived terms

    * dendrohydrology * ecohydrology * hydrologist * radiohydrology

    hydrography

    English

    (wikipedia hydrography)

    Noun

  • (nautical) The scientific measurement and description of the physical features and conditions of navigable waters and the shoreline.