yes,specially if it is the case of under ground pipes as it can detect the sound of lowest volume a excess sound is heard it can lead to detection.
SONAR; SOund Detection And Ranging.
sonar(sound navigation and ranging)
A sonar is Fitted into a ship to detect how deep the water is
the Challenger
sonar,is used to map mid-ocean ridges:]
RADAR - Radio Detection and Ranging SONAR - Sound Navigation and Ranging
SONAR is actually an abbreviation for SOund Navigation And Ranging. RADAR is correspondingly an abbreviation for RAdio Detection And Ranging. LIDAR is correspondingly an abbreviation for LIght Detection And Ranging.
Detection of (enemy) submarines.
sonar
Sonar SOund Navigation And Ranging
a system that detects submarines (under water boats) a sonar
Ocean topography has been determined through sonar detection.
SONAR; SOund Detection And Ranging.
Richard Charles Curley has written: 'A sonar detection model'
The Royal Navy had Asdic for submarine detection. Initially it was quite primitive. I'm thinking Sonar, as such, is more recent than WW2.
Active sonar ping is audible, so is not ultrasonic. Passive sonar just listens, but it takes time to determine objects bearing, speed & direction of travel. There is ultrasonic sonar for short range detection such as mines and frogman.
Many species of sharks do not use sonar, as they have very effective senses, but some species are thought to. The hammerhead shark, in particular, is thought to use sonar waves detection.