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title: Hydrology & Water Resources
description: This field examines the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth, alongside its management. Learners will analyze the hydrological cycle, groundwater flow, watershed dynamics, and sustainable water allocation strategies.
category: sciences
subcategory: earth-and-environmental-science
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/hydrology-and-water-resources
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# Hydrology & Water Resources

This field examines the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth, alongside its management. Learners will analyze the hydrological cycle, groundwater flow, watershed dynamics, and sustainable water allocation strategies.

## Available Resources

1 Books • 3 Websites

## Websites

### 1. FAO AQUASTAT

FAO's global information system on water and agriculture, with country-level statistics on renewable water resources, withdrawals by sector, irrigation and dams. Users can compare national water availability and use, download time series, and ground water-scarcity arguments in official data.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/

**Tags:** water-resources, water-statistics, irrigation, hydrology, open-data

### 2. worldwater.org

WorldWater.org is a nonprofit resource hub offering insights into global water challenges, with news, case studies, project profiles, data visuals, and practical guidance on water access, sustainability, and sanitation.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://worldwater.org

**Tags:** websites, science-research, earth-science

### 3. iwra.org

IWRA.org is the portal of the International Water Resources Association, a global network advancing water resources science, policy, and governance. It offers information on publications (including Water International), conferences, events, news, and affiliated resources for researchers and practitioners in hydrology and water resources.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://iwra.org

**Tags:** websites, science-research, earth-science

## Books

### 1. Hydrology

**Author:** Wilfried Brutsaert

Cornell professor Wilfried Brutsaert's physically based textbook covering precipitation, evaporation, infiltration, groundwater flow, streamflow routing and catchment response. Using calculus and basic fluid mechanics, readers learn to derive and apply the governing equations of the hydrologic cycle at natural scales.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521824796?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, science-research, earth-science

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