Disciplines and Occupations

Hydrology

Science dealing with the properties, distribution, and circulation of water on and below the earth's surface, and atmosphere.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Science dealing with the properties, distribution, and circulation of water on and below the earth's surface, and atmosphere.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Hydrologies

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

IM as the discipline (education, history, etc) only; NIM with no qualifiers as a coordinate

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History Note

2013

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Previous Indexing

  • Water Movements (1963-2012)

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Tree Numbers

  1. H01w.158w.273w.248w.875w
  2. H01w.277w.249w.875w
  3. J01.293w.622w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hydrology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D062070. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D062070
  2. Hydrology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrology
  3. Hydrology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42250