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Facts about Hydrology

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A practitioner of hydrology, or hydrologist, may work in any of several fields: earth science, environmental science, physical geography, civil engineering, and environmental engineering.

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The central theme of hydrology is that water moves throughout the Earth by different pathways and at different rates.

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The nineteenth century saw development in groundwater hydrology, including Darcy's law, the Dupuit-Thiem well formula, and Hagen-Poiseuille's capillary flow equation.

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Pioneers of the modern science of hydrology include Pierre Perrault, Edme Mariotte, and Edmund Halley.

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Hydrology has been a subject of investigation and engineering for millennia.

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Hydrolysis is a chemical weathering process affecting silicate minerals (compounds containing silicon, oxygen, and a metal).