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drainage area

drainage area noun: synonym of watershed.

Noun

drainage area (plural drainage areas)

  1. Synonym of watershed.
    • The name Chin-ch'uan during the Han period was applied to a tribe of the southern Man. During the Ming period, a lama monk of the Chin-ch'uan Monastery named Hai-mai was invested as Monk of the Transformation with hereditary domain in the Chin-ch'uan region. Subsequently his descendants (evidently...1954, Herold J. Wiens, “Tribal Uprisings”, in Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 192
    Synonyms:
    watershed

drainage area meaning in Tamil

drainage area in Tamil

வடிகாற்பிரதேசம்

Synonyms of drainage area

Forms of drainage area

pluraldrainage areas

Questions about drainage area

What does drainage area mean?
Drainage area means synonym of watershed.
What is drainage area in Tamil?
Drainage area in Tamil is வடிகாற்பிரதேசம். See Drainage area meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is drainage area?
Drainage area is a noun.
What is the plural of drainage area?
The plural of drainage area is drainage areas.

Words near drainage area in the dictionary

  1. drain-cleaners
  2. drain-like
  3. drainability
  4. drainable
  5. drainage
  6. drainage area
  7. drainage areas
  8. drainage basin
  9. drainage basins
  10. drainage divide
  11. drainage divides

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