单词 | drainage basin |
释义 | drainage basinSEE SYNONYMS FOR drainage basin ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area . Compare watershed (def. 2). Origin of drainage basinAn Americanism dating back to 1880–85 Words nearby drainage basindrag up, drahthaar, drail, drain, drainage, drainage basin, drainage tube, drainageway, drainboard, drainer, drainfield Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for drainage basin
British Dictionary definitions for drainage basindrainage basin drainage areanounanother name for catchment area Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for drainage basindrainage basin [ drā′nĭj ] An area drained by a river system. A drainage basin includes all areas that gather precipitation water and direct it to a particular stream, stream system, lake, or other body of standing water. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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