Potamology (from - river, - science) is the study of rivers, a branch of
hydrology
Hydrology () is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and drainage basin sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology is called a hydro ...
. The subject of study is the hydrological processes of
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
s, the morphometry of
river basins
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, th ...
, the structure of river networks; channel processes, regime of river mouth areas;
evaporation
Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the Interface (chemistry), surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase. A high concentration of the evaporating substance in the surrounding gas significantly slows down evapora ...
and infiltration of water in a river basin; water, thermal, ice regime of rivers;
sediment
Sediment is a solid material that is transported to a new location where it is deposited. It occurs naturally and, through the processes of weathering and erosion, is broken down and subsequently sediment transport, transported by the action of ...
regime; sources and types of rivers feeding, and various chemical and physical processes in rivers.
Bibliography
* Lindeman, R. L., "The trophic-dynamic aspect of ecology", ''Ecology'', 1942, XXIII, pp. 399–418.
* Williams, R. B., "Computer simulation of energy flow in Cedar Bog Lake, Minnesota, based on the classical studies of Lindeman", ''Systems analysis and simulation in ecology'' (a cura di B. C. Patten), vol. I, New York 1971, pp. 543–582.
Hydrology
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