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Drainage basins of South Africa — A drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain and melting snow or ice drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean. The drainage basin includes both the streams and rivers… … Wikipedia
Drainage basins of Lithuania — There are six major drainage basins in Lithuania: the rivers Neman (Lithuanian:Nemunas), Lielupe, Venta, Daugava, Pregolya, and a strip along the Baltic where rivers flow directly into the sea.[1] The Neman River drains 65.9% of Lithua … Wikipedia
Colorado drainage basins — The Gunnison River in the Black Canyon. Main article: Geography of Colorado See also: List of rivers in Colorado The U.S State of Colorado includes the headwaters of several important rivers. The state is divided generally East to West by the… … Wikipedia
List of drainage basins by area — This is a list of ocean, mediterranean sea, river, and lake drainage basins larger than 400,000 square kilometers (154,440 square miles), sorted by area. It includes drainage basins which do not flow to the ocean (endorheic basins). It does not… … Wikipedia
Drainage basin A — Drainage Basin A, main river in this system is the Limpopo River, but is subdivided into 9 sub drainage basins. A1 is situated along the Botswana border, and is again divided into 3 river basins A10A covers the Ngotwane River up to and including… … Wikipedia
Drainage density — is the total length of all the streams and rivers in a drainage basin divided by the total area of the drainage basin. It is a measure of how well or how poorly a watershed is drained by stream channels. It is equal to the reciprocal of the… … Wikipedia
Drainage basin — Example of a drainage basin. The dashed line is the main water divide of the hydrographic basin A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit… … Wikipedia
Drainage system (geomorphology) — In geomorphology, a drainage system is the pattern formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin. They are governed by the topography of the land, whether a particular region is dominated by hard or soft rocks, and the… … Wikipedia
Drainage divide — Main European drainage divides (red lines) separating drainage basins (gray regions) A drainage divide, water divide, divide or (outside North America) watershed is the line separating neighbouring drainage basins (catchments). In hilly country,… … Wikipedia
drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Cf. watershed (def. 2). [1880 85, Amer.] * * * ▪ geology also called Catchment Area, or (in North America) Watershed, … Universalium
Drainage system (Agriculture) — An agricultural drainage system is a system by which the water level on or in the soil is controlled to enhance agricultural crop production.=Classification=Figure 1 classifies the various types of drainage systems. It shows the field (or… … Wikipedia
