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Drainage basin   /drˈeɪnədʒ bˈeɪsən/   Listen
Drainage basin

noun
1.
The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet.  Synonyms: basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, watershed.





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"Drainage basin" Quotes from Famous Books



... maintaining the Benguet Road has proved excessive. Mountains tower above it on both sides to a height of four to seven thousand feet and the drainage basin which finds its outlet down the narrow gorge through which the road runs is enormous. Even so, under ordinary climatic conditions its maintenance does not offer very exceptional difficulties, as much of it is blasted out ...
— The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) • Dean C. Worcester


Words linked to "Drainage basin" :   geographic region, geographical area, detention basin, geographical region, geographic area, retention basin


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