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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRAINAGE BASIN

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Drainage basin is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DRAINAGE BASIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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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 BEGIN LIKE DRAINAGE BASIN

drail
drain
drain rod
drainable
drainage
drainage area
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 BASIN

Amazon basin
Banjarmasin
basin
catch basin
catchment basin
coal basin
Great Basin
hand basin
interbasin
moccasin
pedestal basin
pudding basin
river basin
slop basin
subbasin
sugar basin
tidal basin
vanity basin
wash-hand basin
washbasin

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

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Translation of «drainage basin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRAINAGE BASIN

Find out the translation of drainage basin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drainage basin 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 basin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

流域
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuenca de drenaje
570 millions of speakers

English

drainage basin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जल निकासी बेसिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حوض الصرف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

водосборный бассейн
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bacia de drenagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষ্কাশন অববাহিকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bassin de drainage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lembangan saliran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Einzugsgebiet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

流域
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유역
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cekungan basin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nước rửa chén
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கழிவு நீர் தொட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ड्रेनेज बेसिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

drenaj alanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bacino di drenaggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zlewnia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

водозбірний басейн
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bazin de drenaj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λεκάνης απορροής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dreineerbekken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avrinningsområde
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nedslagsfelt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drainage basin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRAINAGE BASIN»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRAINAGE BASIN»

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1
Morphometry of Drainage Basins
The book describes the drainage basin as a system unit resulting from the interaction between runoff and topography - a lengthy process of evolution that occurs according to well-defined laws.
I. Zavoianu, 2011
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Essentials of Physical Geography
Each individual stream occupies its own drainage basin (also known as watershed, or catchment), the expanse of land from which it receives runoff. Drainage area refers to the measured extent ofa drainage basin, and is typically ex- pressed ...
Robert Gabler, James Petersen, L. Trapasso, 2006
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AS Level Geography
Ann Bowen, John Pallister. The drainage basin hydrological cycle The drainage basin hydrological cycle (Figure 2) summarizes the characteristics of a single river basin. It is an ideal unit of study because its boundaries are distinct with a ...
Ann Bowen, John Pallister, 2000
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Geography: An Integrated Approach
Chapter. 3. 'All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.' The Bible, Ecclesiastes, 1 : 7 A drainage basin is an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.
David Waugh, 2000
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Human Impact on Erosion and Sedimentation
1997 Land use changes and their effects on sediment transport and soil erosion within the Athi drainage basin, Kenya SHADRACK MULEI KITHHA Department of Geography, College of Education and External Studies, University nf Nairobi ...
D. E. Walling, Jean-Luc Probst, 1997
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Planet Geography
In the drainage basin shown in figure 6.1, the highest order stream is third order, and thus we can refer to the basin as a third order drainage basin. Within the third order basin, there are several second order and first order drainage basins.
Stephen Codrington, 2005
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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Hydrogeology
A drainage basin underlain by relatively impermeable materials is capable of handling a large discharge, inhibits the contribution to groundwater, and has a small low-flow discharge in dry periods. High sediment yields are anticipated from ...
D. J. Poehls, Gregory J. Smith, 2011
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Fundamentals of Physical Geography
David John Briggs, Peter Smithson. BASIN ojARACTERisTics channel per unit area of drainage basin: Figure 22.23 Drainage densities on different bedrock lithologies IDEAL PATTERN. GEOLOGY! | CLIMATE | | RELIEF | | VEGETATION ...
David John Briggs, Peter Smithson, 1986
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Atlas of Alberta Lakes
DRAINAGE BASIN CHARACTERISTICS I f each drop of water in a lake could tell its tale of how it got there, I we would hear a multitude of stories! Some water falls as rain, snow or hail directly onto the lake; however, in all of Alberta, except for ...
Patricia Mitchell, Ellie E. Prepas, 1990
10
Geography Matters: 1
The size of the drainage basin The area of land drained by a river and its tributaries is called its drainage basin. The River Severn's drainage basin is 11 400km2, the biggest in England and Wales. It therefore collects more rainfall than smaller ...
‎2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRAINAGE BASIN»

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Stephen Hume: BC watersheds at risk, according to World Wildlife …
The Fraser's drainage basin is home to about 2.7 million people and contributes about 80 per cent of B.C.'s economic output. Most of the ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
2
Icy hotspots in focus at climate talks?
“We found that there is something called an ice plug, and if you pull it, you trigger this instability mechanism, and lose the entire drainage basin. «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
3
What's next? Weatherman says more rain on the way
A week after torrential rains within the Lake of the Ozarks drainage basin forced the implementation of emergency rules on the Lake, officials ... «Lakenewsonline.com, Jul 15»
4
Floods in Bangladesh: Causes and possible solutions
An excessive monsoon downpour in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Drainage Basin had caused the flood of 1988 in Bangladesh. However ... «Financial Express Bangladesh, Jul 15»
5
Work helping, but Johnson City has a ways to go in flood mitigation
Preliminary design includes a drainage basin, connectivity between downtown and the library and a space for the library's summer children's ... «Johnson City Press, Jul 15»
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Bid for pond project up for approval in BG
Now it will be turned into a drainage basin with dry wells to drain excess water into the karst system below the pond. Construction is expected to ... «Bowling Green Daily News, Jul 15»
7
Keeping the Hudson clean
A watershed vision looks at the entire drainage basin from river bottom to ridge tops to understand what is happening on the lands and streams ... «Saugerties Times, Jul 15»
8
Unearthing the golden days of Ilocos Sur
Bulked gold from lode mines in the Cordilleras and panning sites along the Abra river drainage basin was brought to Ilocos to be shipped ... «Rappler, Jul 15»
9
Dundee roads and bridge reopen after flooding
Steady rains throughout last weekend in the region's drainage basin helped send River Raisin water levels over its flood stage of 650 feet. «The Detroit News, Jul 15»
10
Hearing set for Haw Creek regulated drain
Since there are 7,900 residents who own property in the lower Haw Creek drainage basin, a full house is likely when the Bartholomew-Shelby ... «The Republic, Jul 15»

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