A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of...
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The list of drainage basins by area identifies basins (also known as "catchments" or, in North American usage, "watersheds"), sorted by area, which drain...
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An endorheic basin (/ˌɛndoʊˈriː.ɪk/ EN-doh-REE-ik; also endoreic basin and endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows...
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A drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain, melting snow, ice or glacier's drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, stream...
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The Columbia River drainage basin is the drainage basin of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It covers 668,000 km2 or...
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geomorphology, drainage systems, also known as river systems, are the patterns formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin. They are...
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Storm drain (redirect from Drainage)
houses and buildings can connect to the storm drain. Since many storm drainage systems are gravity sewers that drain untreated storm water into rivers...
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Drainage density is a quantity used to describe physical parameters of a drainage basin. First described by Robert E. Horton, drainage density is defined...
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List of rivers of Iowa (section By drainage basin)
that form part of the boundaries of the U.S. state of Iowa; ordered by drainage basin, with tributaries indented under each larger river's name; ordered alphabetically...
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The Murray–Darling Basin is a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, encompassing the drainage basin of the tributaries of...
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The Hudson Bay drainage basin is the drainage basin in northern North America where surface water empties into the Hudson Bay and adjoining waters. Spanning...
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The Sichuan Basin (Chinese: 四川盆地; pinyin: Sìchuān Péndì), formerly transliterated as the Szechwan Basin, sometimes called the Red Basin, is a lowland...
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Tigris–Euphrates river system (redirect from Tigris-Euphrates Drainage Basin)
Crescent, where Mesopotamian civilization first emerged. The Tigris–Euphrates Basin is shared between Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Kuwait. Many tributaries...
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drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring drainage basins....
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The list of rivers of Canada is organized by drainage basin and province. The major Canadian drainage basins are the following: Arctic Ocean Pacific Ocean...
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Black Sea (redirect from Black Sea drainage basin)
Consequently, while six countries have a coastline on the sea, its drainage basin includes parts of 24 countries in Europe. The Black Sea, not including...
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Gulf of Mexico (redirect from Gulf of Mexico drainage basin)
The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent...
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Mississippi River (redirect from Mississippi Basin)
The Mississippi River is the primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind...
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Arctic Ocean (redirect from Arctic Ocean drainage basin)
sea North Polar Basin into two oceanic basins: the Eurasian Basin, which is 4,000–4,500 m (13,100–14,800 ft) deep, and the Amerasian Basin (sometimes called...
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in Canada, whose direct surface runoff and watersheds form a large drainage basin that feeds into the lakes. It is generally considered to also include...
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known as drainage basins, in Indonesia. Based on the National River Basin Classification map, Indonesia has a total of 42,210 river basins organized...
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mouth in Falkenberg, Halland, where the river enters Kattegat. The drainage basin covers an area of 3,343 square kilometres (1,291 sq mi), mostly consisting...
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The Lake Eyre basin (/ɛər/ AIR) is a drainage basin that covers just under one-sixth of all Australia. It is the largest endorheic basin in Australia and...
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List of rivers of Tennessee (section By drainage basin)
of rivers of the U.S. state of Tennessee: This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name...
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Senegal River (redirect from Sénégal River drainage basin)
length marks part of the border between Senegal and Mauritania. It has a drainage basin of 270000 km2 (100000 sq mi), a mean flow of 680 m3/s (24,000 cu ft/s)...
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Euphrates (section Drainage basin)
Euphrates, although canals connecting the Euphrates basin with the Tigris basin exist. The drainage basins of the Kara Su and the Murat River cover an area...
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Gulf of Carpentaria (redirect from Gulf of Carpentaria drainage basin)
larger (and surrounding) Carpentaria Basin province, which in turn is part of the larger East Australian Basins physiographic division. Mangrove tree...
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and western Rajasthan. The Indus Basin consists of various topographical regions. A large part of the drainage basin is mountainous, and around 40% of...
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south-east coast drainage division Murray-Darling Basin South Australian gulf drainage division Lake Eyre Basin Western Plateau List of watercourses in Western...
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Volga (redirect from Volga basin)
000 m3/s (280,000 cu ft/s) and 8,500 m3/s (300,000 cu ft/s) – and of drainage basin. It is widely regarded as the national river of Russia. The hypothetical...
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