Basic Hydrology

...Hydrology in the broad sense includes applied fields that pursue a favorable relationship between humans and water, such as the development of water resources, the appropriate use of water, the relationship between water and the environment, and the conservation of the hydrological environment, based on fundamental research into the hydrological cycle, and has a strong engineering flavor. Hydrology in the narrow sense can be called basic hydrology, and its specific research subjects are the various hydrological cycle processes such as precipitation, interception, evapotranspiration, infiltration, and runoff, as well as the water balance that integrates these processes regionally, and the results form the basis for water resource development and national land planning. In recent years, research into the transport of heat and chemical substances associated with the hydrological cycle has also become important in relation to thermal pollution and water pollution. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "basic hydrology" is listed below.

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…広義の水文学には，水文循環に関する基礎的研究に基づいて，水資源の開発，水の適正な利用，水と環境との関係，水文環境の保全など，人間と水との好ましい関係を追求する応用的分野も含まれ工学的色彩が強い。狭義の水文学は基礎水文学と呼ぶことができ，具体的な研究対象は降水，遮断，蒸発散，浸透，流出などの水文循環諸過程と，それらを地域的に総合した水収支であり，その成果は水資源開発や国土計画の基礎となる。また近年，熱汚染や水質汚染との関連で，水文循環に伴う熱や化学物質の輸送の研究も重要視されるようになった。…

※「基礎水文学」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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