hydrographical
Concerning aquatic charting
Hydrographical relates to hydrography—the science of surveying and mapping bodies of water, including their depths, tides, currents, and shorelines.
Hydrographical surveys produce the charts that ships use for navigation: The hydrographical data revealed a previously unknown reef.
The word appears most often in technical and maritime contexts.
Massive saltwater body
- seaSaltwater body, not ocean
- nauticalOf ships and sailing
- maritimeOf the sea
- currentsDirectional flows of movement
tides · navigation · soundings · seafloor · coastal · harbors · channels · reefs
ocean
Massive saltwater body
currents · tides · navigation · soundings · seafloor · coastal · harbors · channels · reefs · shoals
rivers
Flowing bodies of water
delta · confluence · tributary · watershed · drainage · basin · fluvial · limnology · riparian · streamflow
charts
Visual data displays
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- scaleMeasure of relative size
grid · latitude · longitude · atlas · legend · symbols · contours · geodetic · soundings · survey
hydrographicaltopographical
Concerning surface features
terrestrial · land surveying · land-based · geological · geodetic
hydrographicalterrestrial
Relating to land
land-based · continental · geomorphological · atmospheric · meteorological
- hydrographic surveyMeasuring and mapping underwater features