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drainage basin |
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drainage basin: see catchment area catchment area or drainage basin, area drained by a stream or other body of water. The limits of a given catchment area are the heights of land—often called drainage divides, or watersheds—separating it from neighboring drainage ..... Click the link for more information. . drainage basin [′drān·ij ‚bā·sən] (hydrology) An area in which surface runoff collects and from which it is carried by a drainage system, as a river and its tributaries. Also known as catchment area; drainage area; feeding ground; gathering ground; hydrographic basin. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The $63 million project--three years in the making-has been realized sporting three architecturally distinct levels with an underground performance center with two rotating lecture halls; various green school features including a water catchment system so rainwater is collected and used for toilet water and boilers; and a Flex Center where staff go for teacher training, professional collaboration and project development activities. Genotypes of Cryptosporidium from Sydney water catchment areas. An on-site black water treatment system supplies water for the toilets, and a storm water catchment system waters the "green roof" and rooftop gardens. |
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