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PRONUNCIATION OF DRAINAGE AREA

drainage area  [ˈdreɪnɪdʒ ˈeərɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRAINAGE AREA

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Drainage area is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DRAINAGE AREA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

drainage area

Drainage basin

A drainage basin or watershed is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point at a lower elevation, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean. For example, a tributary stream of a brook which joins a small river, which is tributary of a larger river is thus part of a series of successively smaller area but higher elevation drainage basins. Similarly, the Missouri and American rivers are each part of their own drainage basins/watersheds and that of the Mississippi River. Other terms that are used to describe a drainage basin are catchment, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin and water basin. In North America, the term watershed is commonly used to mean a drainage basin, the one meaning an area, the other its high elevation perimeter of that area. Drainage basins drain into other drainage basins in a hierarchical pattern, with smaller sub-drainage basins combining into larger drainage basins.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DRAINAGE AREA


Algeria
ælˈdʒɪərɪə
anterior
ænˈtɪərɪə
antimalaria
ˌæntɪməˈleərɪə
area
ˈɛərɪə
Bulgaria
bʌlˈɡɛərɪə
caldaria
kælˈdeərɪə
columbaria
ˌkɒləmˈbeərɪə
criteria
kraɪˈtɪərɪə
dataria
deɪˈteərɪə
exterior
ɪkˈstɪərɪə
fritillaria
ˌfrɪtɪˈleərɪə
herbaria
hɜːˈbeərɪə
interior
ɪnˈtɪərɪə
metacercaria
ˌmetəsəˈkeərɪə
polyzoaria
ˌpɒlɪzəʊˈeərɪə
scarier
ˈskeərɪə
subarea
ˈsʌbˌeərɪə
varier
ˈveərɪə
velaria
vɪˈleərɪə
wistaria
wɪsˈteərɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRAINAGE AREA

drail
drain
drain rod
drainable
drainage
drainage basin
drainage channel
drainage ditch
drainage holes
drainage tube
drainboard
drained
drainer
draining
draining board
draining spoon
drainlayer
drainpipe
drainpipe trousers
drainpipes

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRAINAGE AREA

catchment area
conservation area
dining area
equal-area
floor area
grey area
mining area
no-go area
reception area
recreation area
restricted area
safe area
service area
six-yard area
smoking area
surface area
target area
technical area
urban area
white area
work area

Synonyms and antonyms of drainage area in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «drainage area» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRAINAGE AREA

Find out the translation of drainage area to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drainage area from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drainage area» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

流域面积
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

área de drenaje
570 millions of speakers

English

drainage area
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जल निकासी क्षेत्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منطقة الصرف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

площадь водосбора
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

área de drenagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষ্কাশন ক্ষেত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

zone de drainage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kawasan saliran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Einzugsgebiet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

排水面積
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유역 면적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Saluran banyu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khu vực thoát nước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வடிகால் பகுதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निचरा क्षेत्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

drenaj alanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

area di drenaggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zlewnia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

площа водозбору
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zona de drenaj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λεκάνη απορροής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dreineringsgebied
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dräneringsområde
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dreneringsområdet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drainage area

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRAINAGE AREA»

The term «drainage area» is normally little used and occupies the 115.452 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRAINAGE AREA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drainage area

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRAINAGE AREA»

Discover the use of drainage area in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drainage area and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Estimates of flow duration, mean flow, and peak-discharge ...
methods most commonly used to estimate statistics for ungaged sites are the drainage-area ratio method and multiple linear- regression analysis. The drainage-area ratio method is most appropriate for use when the ungaged site is near a ...
2
Studies on the Hydrology of the Little Tennessee River ...
Since the Tuckaseegee and the Little Tennessee above Judson each include about one fourth of the entire drainage area it becomes almost certain that the discharge data at Judson, if correct, should influence the discharge at T^cGhee more ...
Robert Franklin Ewald, 1914
3
Environmental Hydrology, Second Edition
found that, for many locations in the eastern U.S., the stream length was related to the drainage area as follows: TABLE 6.1 Drainage Network Characteristics for Example 6.1 = 1.4AU (6.8) where L is the stream length in miles from the ...
Andy D. Ward, Stanley W. Trimble, 2003
4
Encyclopedia of Geomorphology
The cumulative area distribution function is defined as the proportion of a drainage basin that has a drainage area greater than or equal to a spec- ified area. It is typically represented by plotting cumulative area versus area on a log- log line ...
Andrew Goudie, 2013
5
Designing Geodatabases: Case Studies in GIS Data Modeling
The drainage area boundary is digitized by drawing a continuous line transverse to the contours, up from the outlet point to the ridge line, along the ridge line around the drainage area, then descending to the outlet point again. Drainage areas ...
David Arctur, Michael Zeiler, 2004
6
Horizontal Well Technology
At the present time, there is no consensus about the criterion, but most engineers accept tDA = 0.1 as a dimensionless time to start a pseudo-steady state for a vertical well located centrally in either a circular or square drainage area.
S. D. Joshi, 1991
7
Morphometry of Drainage Basins
Because of the continual interaction between surface runoff and the factors responsible for the resistance of a drainage area (rock, soil, plant cover), drainage density is an important feature of drainage systems from both the geomorphological ...
I. Zavoianu, 2011
8
Oil Well Testing Handbook
Calculation of sCA Assuming a square drainage area with each side being 2xe for 640 acres, we have 2xe 1⁄4 ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi acre  43;560 p ðftÞ ð3–40Þ First find L/2xe and kv/kh; then calculate LD using the ...
Amanat Chaudhry, 2004
9
Site Engineering for Landscape Architects
... soils, and slope, and by the size of the drainage area. The extent of the drainage area is determined by connecting the high points and ridge lines on a topographic map or grading plan until a closed system is developed (Figure 12.1) .
Steven Strom, Kurt Nathan, Jake Woland, 2013
10
Restoring Streams in Cities: A Guide for Planners, ...
If you designate your stream by its order, therefore, others can immediately get a concept of the size of the drainage area you are concerned with. The total length of rivers in the United States, including all the minor creeks and draws, has been  ...
Ann L. Riley, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRAINAGE AREA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drainage area is used in the context of the following news items.
1
City officials 'fail' Orville Drive man
The neighborhood is in the drainage area of Shantee Creek, which backed up in 2006 causing many homes to experience flooding. Since then ... «Toledo Blade, Jul 15»
2
Bagnell Dam Floodgates Opened Wider As More Rain Falls On …
Now, after a four-hour period on July 8 saw two inches of rainfall on a very saturated Lake of the Ozarks drainage area, Ameren has opened the ... «Lake Expo, Jul 15»
3
Westwood receives grant to purchase flood prone property
"Nugent is in an environmentally sensitive area and an important drainage area for Pascack Brook," he said. "This is one of many flood ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»
4
City Purchasing Trailer Park for Creek Project
For years, the city has looked at possible solutions to control the stormwater from a large drainage area to the south. Briggs proposes using ... «The Missourian, Jul 15»
5
Flooding and power outages after storms strike Pittsburgh
BUT WITH POOR DRAINAGE AREA AND SO MUCH WATER AT ONE TIME, IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP WITH IT. NOW, ALSO, CHECK THIS OUT ... «WTAE Pittsburgh, Jul 15»
6
Local woman starts group to save Meriden's Chauncey Peak
He added: “The map shouldn't be construed to mean anything except we wanted to show the whole property line and drainage area throughout ... «Meriden Record-Journal, Jul 15»
7
Five Wildfires in Shuswap Region Contributing to Smoky Skies
Three of the fires are located north of Seymour Arm, one is near the Scotch Creek drainage area, and the other is along the Perry River. «KamloopsBCNow, Jul 15»
8
DEALING WITH DRAINAGE
And we've got trees planted in that drainage area," he said. "The water that is coming through is well within that drainage way and it is doing ... «Rapid City Journal, Jul 15»
9
Storms End The Soupy Air
... a few towns may experience street flooding/poor drainage area flooding if a quick 1-2" falls within a short period of time. With this in mind, the ... «WHDH-TV, Jul 15»
10
Residents bemoan flooding in homes
The neighborhood is in the drainage area of Shantee Creek, which backed up in 2006 causing many homes to experience flooding. Since then ... «Toledo Blade, Jul 15»

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