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drainage basins

drainage basins is the plural of drainage basin.

Meaning of drainage basin

Noun

drainage basin (plural drainage basins)

  1. A topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet; a watershed.
    • The efficient evaluation of these plans, which may include the construction of dams, reservoirs, and settling basins, requires information on sediment transport in the Cache Creek drainage basin.1967, Lawrence K. Lustig, Robert D. Busch, Sediment Transport in Cache Creek Drainage Basin in the Coast Ranges West of Sacramento, California, page 2

Questions about drainage basins

What is drainage basins the plural of?
Drainage basins is the plural of drainage basin.

Words near drainage basins in the dictionary

  1. drainable
  2. drainage
  3. drainage area
  4. drainage areas
  5. drainage basin
  6. drainage basins
  7. drainage divide
  8. drainage divides
  9. drainage pipe
  10. drainage pipes
  11. drainage system

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