Definitions for drainage area
drainage area

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1. river basin, basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage areanoun

   the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

   "flood control in the Missouri basin"

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1. drainage area

   A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern.Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. In North America, they are commonly called a watershed, though in other English-speaking places, "watershed" is used only in its original sense, that of a drainage divide. In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, the water converges to a single point inside the basin, known as a sink, which may be a permanent lake, a dry lake, or a point where surface water is lost underground.Drainage basins are similar but not identical to hydrologic units, which are drainage areas delineated so as to nest into a multi-level hierarchical drainage system. Hydrologic units are defined to allow multiple inlets, outlets, or sinks. In a strict sense, all drainage basins are hydrologic units but not all hydrologic units are drainage basins.

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1. drainage area

   A drainage area, also known as catchment area, watershed or river basin, refers to a geographical area where all surface water from rain, melting snow, or ice converges to a single point at a lower elevation, typically the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean.

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   The numerical value of drainage area in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

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   The numerical value of drainage area in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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