Defenition of the word drainage basin

• Defenition of the word drainage basin

  • An area of land where all rainwater and melting snow naturally moves to the same body of water.
  • the geographical area draining into a river or reservoir
  • the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

Synonyms for the word drainage basin

• • catchment area
  • catchment basin
  • drainage area

Hyponyms for the word drainage basin

• • detention basin
  • retention basin

Hypernyms for the word drainage basin

• • geographic area
  • geographic region
  • geographical area
  • geographical region

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