bathymetry Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise Glossary and Acronyms Glossary and Key Word List Definition: The measurement of ocean depths and the mapping of the topography of the seafloor. Bathymetry N-STEPS Online Glossary of Terms Glossary and Key Word List Definition: The varying physical characteristics including depth, contour, and shape of the bottom of a body of water. bathymetry Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary Glossary and Key Word List Definition: The measurement of depths of water in oceans, seas, and lakes; also information derived from such measurements. Bathymetry Chesapeake Bay Glossary Glossary and Key Word List Definition: The varying physical characteristics--including depth, contour and shape--of the bottom of the Bay and other bodies of water. Bathymetry EPA EV-Fields of Study Taxonomy Definition 1: The science of measuring depths of the oceans, lakes, seas, etc. [NOAA National Weather Service Glossary] Definition 2: Varying physical characteristics--including depth, contour and shape--of the bottom of the Bay and other bodies of water. [Chesapeake Bay Glossary] Definition 3: The varying physical characteristics including depth, contour, and shape of the bottom of a body of water. [NSTEP Glossary]