Hidrológicamente

Hidrológicamente is an adverb derived from hidrológico (hydrological) and the suffix -mente, used in Spanish to refer to things related to hydrology. It describes actions, properties, or analyses in terms of the water cycle, rivers and basins, rainfall, runoff, groundwater, and water resources. The term is common in scientific writing to frame statements about the behavior of water in natural or engineered systems.

As an adverb, it complements adjectives by enabling statements such as “hidrológicamente, la cuenca presenta una variación estacional” or “hidrológicamente, el caudal se correlaciona con las precipitaciones.” It should be distinguished from the noun hidrología (hydrology) and from the adjective hidrológico; the adverb emphasizes the methodological or contextual relation to hydrology rather than a physical property alone.

In practice, "hidrológicamente" appears in descriptions of data analysis, modeling, and assessment of water resources, flood risk, drainage, sediment transport, and aquifer recharge. It often signals that the information is considered within the framework of hydrological science, measurement, or models (for example, hydrographs, discharge measurements, or watershed modeling). While common in technical writing, it is less frequent in non-specialist contexts, where more explicit terminology (caudal, precipitación, infiltración) might be used.