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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 114 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HYDROGRAPHY (.Gr. 6&,p, See also:water, and cypfidiecv, to write)  , the See also:science dealing with all the See also:waters of the See also:earth's See also:surface, including the description of their See also:physical features and conditions; the preparation of charts and 'maps showing the position of lakes, See also:rivers, seas and oceans, the See also:contour of the See also:sea-bottom, the position of shallows, deeps, reefs and the direction and See also:volume of currents;. a scientific description of the position, volume, configuration, See also:motion and See also:condition of all the waters of the earth . See also See also:SURVEYING (Nautical) and OCEAN AND OCEANOGRAPHY . The Hydrographic See also:Department of the See also:British See also:Admiralty, established in 1795, undertakes the making of charts for the admiralty, and is under the See also:charge of the hydrographer to the admiralty (see See also:CHART) .

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