Hydrology: Study of Water Movement
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What does hydroinformatics involve?

  • Adaptation of information technology to hydrology (correct)
  • Calculation of rainfall
  • Transfer of water and energy between land and water body surfaces
  • Study of isotopic signatures of water

Which area does surface hydrology study?

  • Water storage in the form of reservoirs
  • Transfer of water and energy between land and water body surfaces
  • Water quality in rivers and lakes
  • Hydrologic processes at or near Earth's surface (correct)

What is the study of the transfer of water and energy between land and water body surfaces and the lower atmosphere?

  • Hydrometeorology (correct)
  • Hydrogeochemistry
  • Hydroinformatics
  • Isotope hydrology

What does drainage basin management cover?

<p>Water storage in the form of reservoirs (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a historical application of hydrology mentioned in the text?

<p>Ancient Sinhalese building complex irrigation works (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which ancient civilization employed hydrology in their engineering and agriculture?

<p>Ancient Egyptians (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is hydrology?

<p>Study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of scientist studies hydrology?

<p>Hydrologist (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which domain is included in hydrology?

<p>Hydrometeorology (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is chemical hydrology?

<p>The study of the chemical characteristics of water (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does ecohydrology study?

<p>Interactions between organisms and the hydrologic cycle (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does hydrogeology study?

<p>The presence and movement of groundwater (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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