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Meaning of "drainage basins"

drainage basins: This phrase is commonly used in the context of geography or hydrology to refer to an area of land where surface water from precipitation converges and flows into a single outlet, such as a river or lake. It describes the topographical boundaries that define the area where water drains into a common watercourse
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  • plural of drainage basin

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Pawtucket lies within three drainage basins.
The drainage basins drain into various directions.
It is a watershed between two drainage basins.
List of drainage basins by area.
Water characteristics in water drainage basins.
Drainage basins are also valuable environmental stress impact units.
List of largest river drainage basins.
The drainage basins are young and are still sorting themselves out.
The boundaries of the regions are based largely on drainage basins.
Drainage basins of the principal oceans and seas of the world.
It is a major triple divide between three great drainage basins.
Endorheic drainage basins are inland basins that do not drain to an ocean.
A low saddle now divides the two drainage basins.
Drainage basins that use glacial runoff will also be affected.
The area has parts of three different drainage basins.

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Drainage basins by country.
Isolation of underground drainage basins.
Drainage basins by continent.
O maintain the integrity of natural communities and drainage basins.
Results were compared among drainage basins and with published data.
Stream flow gauging stations may be organised according to drainage basins.
Physical process models of complete drainage basins are even more complex.
Geomorphologists and hydrologists often view streams as being part of drainage basins.
List of drainage basins.
This division would correspond to the creation of eight drainage basins.
Map of drainage basins.
A drainage divide is the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins.
It includes drainage basins which do not flow to the ocean endorheic basins.
The portions of the terrain in the drainage basins are used for agriculture.
Short duration precipitation is more significant to flooding within small drainage basins.
The largest drainage basins of the region are located in the south of the territory.
Used water is treated and neutralized before being returned to natural drainage basins.
California has ten major drainage basins defined for convenience of water management.
A catalogue has been established to aggregate basic units to a standard register of drainage basins.
The hydrology of these drainage basins was the main focus of the technical study.
They have a geographical link with regional boundaries being based largely on drainage basins.
Land development upstream in local drainage basins leads to downstream effects on the lake.
Valley networks are branching systems of valleys that superficially resemble terrestrial river drainage basins.
Many participants agreed that reporting should be by drainage basins instead of by political boundaries.
Several rivers and lakes of different characteristics and length make up these drainage basins.
O developing agreements for the adapted management of drainage basins which extend beyond park borders.
The committee will also focus on searching for common solutions for shared drainage basins.
Rivers and main drainage basins in Serbia.
A method has been developed to quantify radionuclide export from the drainage basins to the sea.
The drainage basins of India are grouped into.
A policy respecting the prohibition of bulk water removal from major drainage basins in nunavut.
Largest drainage basins in the World.
Main rivers of Serbia and their drainage basins.
There are four main drainage basins reaching to the slopes of Mount Spickard.
Play media Evapotranspiration is a significant water loss from drainage basins.

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