Hídrica

Hídrica is the feminine form of the Spanish adjective hídrico, used to describe anything related to water. The word derives from the Greek hydor (water) through Latin, and appears in modern Spanish in a variety of technical, scientific, and policy contexts.

Common uses include resources and management (recursos hídricos, gestión hídrica), watersheds and infrastructure (cuenca hídrica, infraestructura hídrica), and energy (energía hídrica, or hydroelectric power). The term appears in discussions of water supply, irrigation, and sanitation within planning and development contexts.

In ecology and biology, hídrica is employed to refer to aquatic or moisture-related environments, such as hábitat hídrico or ambientes hídricos, where water availability shapes habitats and species distributions.

In policy and planning, seguridad hídrica denotes the reliability and sustainability of water resources, while gestión hídrica covers governance, allocation, and usage rules for water. The term also feeds into broader regional and environmental discourse about resilience to droughts and floods.

Relatives and distinctions: hídrico/hídrica are conceptually related to hydraulic terms but differ from hidráulico, which concerns hydraulics and fluid mechanics; the prefix hidro- also signals relation to water but is used to form compounds across disciplines.

Examples: La planificación hídrica busca garantizar el suministro para consumo, riego y saneamiento. La energía hídrica representa una fuente renovable importante en varios países.