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[edit] Sinhalese

The Sinhabees are not ancient- they are Indians who moved to Sri lanka from the North of India. there was already a Tamil civilzation in Existence in sri lanka when they arrived because of the close proximity of South india and northern sri lanka.The sinhalese who have tried to rewrite history would like one to believe that they were the ones who designed all the architectural and other artifacts.

[edit] Civil engineering?

Why is hydrology categorised under civil engineering? Earth science would be much more appropriate!

The field of hydrology developed from two different tracks. One, as you note, was earth sciences, or more accurately then, natural sciences. Even Galileo was a hydrologist, measuring the flow rate of rivers. But the uses of hydrology have long been in an engineering context, and originally in terms of river engineering. It subsequently grew to encompass water resources management, whose quantitative bent has been more a trait of engineering than of earth sciences. Daniel Collins 00:26, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Hydrology is a standard degree course that is offered in civil engineering universities in the United States ... I'm not sure why hydrology is not also included in civil engineering. I'm stating this as a civil engineer whos area of specilization was in hydrology. I'm changing the category back to also include civil engineering. I can provide a list of US civil engineering programs that focus entirely on hydrology. MCalamari 17:10, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Is it safe to say that hydrology is an important part of Civil Engineering, but hydrology does not have its origins in Civil Engineering. There is distinction between how subjects relate in the technological sense, verses how disciplines relate in a historical context. In a political context Civil Engineering has tremendous economic incentive to lay claim to Hydrological Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Ecological Engineering, and Ecohydrological Engineering. In the USA this has been successful. However, globally Biosystems Engineering, and Agricultural Engineering remain active in these domains. Hydrology is a basic science shared by many disciplines. BrianAsh Oct. 2007.
Since I work in the engineering/science field, I can say that hydrology is practiced by engineers as it relates to the design of flood control structures (levees, weirs, dams, etc.). This is better defined by the term "hydraulic engineering" in my opinion. However, hydrology as a science (modeling, ecosystems, etc.) is practiced by a range of professionals: geographers, geologists, biologists and of course hydrologists. Pkrembs 23:46, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Hydrology and "hydraulic engineering" are different .... the civil engineers may be doing hydraulic engineering when they design flood defences and control structures, but they need to practice "hydrology" when they consider how much water they need to cope with. Melcombe (talk) 10:08, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fleshing out the hydrology entry

I've recently expanded the hydrology entry and opened up a number of additional avenues to focus on. Please review and help out to fill in the holes or make necessary changes. Daniel Collins 00:30, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fluid dynamics?

How much and how does hydrology relate to fluid dynamics?D-rew 18:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible merging

I note that a cross-reference to "Water distribution on Earth" was added, with an indication that it might be merged in. I would suggest not doing this, but rather treating it in the same way as some of the existing cross-referencing higher up .... a brief paragraph with a link to a "main article". Melcombe (talk) 10:17, 29 February 2008 (UTC)