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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist…

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Major drainage basins of the world

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related to Endorheic drainage basins · 21
Drainage basin → African Great Lakes, Andes, Arabian Peninsula, Aral Sea, Australia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, Earth's, Endorheic, Great Basin, If, Inland, Kalahari Basin, Many, Mexico, Okavango River, Other, Sahara Desert, Some, The
related to Resource management · 19
Drainage basin → Act, Because, Brazilian, Canada, Comparable, In, In Brazil, In New Zealand, In North America, Management, Mekong River Commission, Minnesota, National Policy, Nile Basin Initiative, OMVS, Ontario, Senegal River, Water Resources, When
related to Geopolitical boundaries · 11
Drainage basin → Bioregional, Drainage, English, Examples, For, Great Lakes Commission, Hudson Bay, Hudson's Bay Company, Rupert's Land, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, US
related to Hydrology · 7
Drainage basin → Depending, Finding, In, Measurement, Most, The, This
is a · 6
Drainage basin → area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, important step in many areas of science and engineering.Most of the water that discharges from the basin outlet originated as precipitation falling on the basin, logical unit of focus, source for water and sediment that moves from higher elevation through the river system to lower elevations as they reshape the channel forms, source for water and sediment that moves from higher elevation through the river system to lower elevations as they reshape the channel forms.EcologyDrainage basins are importan…
related to Ecology · 6
Drainage basin → As, Drainage, Modern, The, This, With
related to Land use · 2
Drainage basin → For, Land
related to Size · 2
Drainage basin → It, Size
related to Topography · 2
Drainage basin → Generally, Rain
related to Geomorphology · 1
Drainage basin → Drainage

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Drainage basinis aarea of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point0.90text
Drainage basinis alogical unit of focus0.90text
Drainage basinis aimportant step in many areas of science and engineering.Most of the water that discharges from the basin outlet originated as precipitation falling on the basin0.90text
Drainage basinis asource for water and sediment that moves from higher elevation through the river system to lower elevations as they reshape the channel forms.EcologyDrainage basins are importan…0.90text
Drainage basinis asource for water and sediment that moves from higher elevation through the river system to lower elevations as they reshape the channel forms0.90text
Drainage basinis aarea of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point0.90text
sandy soils are very free-draininginstance ofCertain soil types0.80text
and rainfall on sandy soil is likely to be absorbed by the groundinstance ofCertain soil types0.80text
Drainage basinrelated to EcologyDrainage0.60section
Drainage basinrelated to EcologyAs0.60section
Drainage basinrelated to EcologyWith0.60section
Drainage basinrelated to EcologyModern0.60section

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