Hydrology 7 Oregon Department of Fish and （水文7鱼和俄勒冈州）.pdfVIP

Hydrology 7 “The river hides itself in motion. It holds layers of meaning, and so it adds mystery to the landscape, a sense of complexity and risk, a sense that the important facts are hidden from view.” — Kathleen Dean Moore n the broadest sense, hydrology is the study of To make the connections between land and water—its properties, where it comes from, water, upstream and downstream, and precipita- I how it circulates, and how it is distributed. tion, groundwater, and streamflow, one must Hydrology is a broad field of study with several understand the basic concepts and interactions of specialty areas. One specialty area studies water hydrology. These include gravity, friction, veloc- flowing in streams and rivers. How water carves ity, scouring and deposition. channels and carries materials is the primary An understanding of hydrology is also essen- focus of this field of study. tial to manage natural resources in a watershed. It Another field of hydrology looks at water in is hard to understand how to reduce erosion if the specific types of watersheds, such as forest hy- connections between plants, soils, and the way drology, wetland hydrology, or range hydrology. water moves across the landscape are unclear. Hydrologists in these fields study how vegetation How water moves to a stream and how it moves and land management affect water quantity and through a stream are necessary to understand quality, er