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drainage basins

 Type(s): Concept

Alternative label (1)

  • catchments
  • headwaters
  • watersheds

Preferred label (1)

  • drainage basins

Associations (5)

 

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Internal Occurrences (1)

  • Definition
    • Regions or areas bounded by drainage divides and occupied by drainage systems; specifically the tract of country that gathers water originating as precipitation and contributes it to a particular stream channel or system of channels, or to a lake, reservoir, or other body of water. [Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]
  
Object id: 2194
Item identifier(s):
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