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#Hydronomastics is the study of #hydronyms, the proper names of bodies of water.

It's a branch of #toponomastics, the study of #toponyms (the proper names of places), which in turn is a branch of #onomastics, the study of #orthonyms (proper names).

French / Luxembourghish sign: The River Sauer in Martelan...
#Hydronym and #hydronomastics both derive from Ancient #Greek ὕδωρ / húdōr (water) + ὄνομα / ónoma (name). The Greek island of Skiatho...
#Hydronyms tend to outlast other #toponyms, even when new #languages and cultures displace earlier ones.

#England, #EastAnglia, #Essex, and #Sussex are named for the #Angles and #Saxons; but #Trent, #Ouse, #Thames, #Severn, and #Avon are older #Celtic and #RomanoBritish names. A map showing the main rive...
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#Shaking detected

5.5MWW #Magnitude #Earthquake reported

22 km NW of #Kultuk, #Russia
near #Mongolia at #lakeBaikal
10km deep

21.09.2020 / 18:04:57 (UTC)
GPS: 51.855, 103.449

reported by @USGS Image
This plot shows 1 hour of data from the nearest available seismic station in the Global Seismographic Network.

#Ulaanbaatar, #Mongolia (47.8651° N x 107.0532° E) #Russia #Earthquake

Distance from epicenter to seismograph IU-#ULN: 513KM SSE
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