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| drainage basin definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | the land drained by a river system | 19 sets | |
| 2 | an area drained by a major river and its tributaries | 12 sets | |
| 3 | the land area from which a river and its tributaries collect their water | 7 sets | |
| 4 | the land drained by a river system, which is ther river and its tributaries. | 6 sets | |
| 5 | the area that contributes to surface runoff to a stream or river | 4 sets | |
| 6 | is the same as a watershed | 3 sets | |
| 7 | the area from which a stream collects h20 | 3 sets | |
| 8 | land drained by a river system | 3 sets | |
| 9 | the land drained by a river system. | 3 sets | |
| 10 | land area that contributes water to a stream | 2 sets | |
| 11 | land area that contributes water to the stream | 2 sets | |
| 12 | the area drained by a river and all its tributaries | 2 sets | |
| 13 | an area drained by a major river and it's tributaries | 2 sets | |
| 14 | the area that is drained by a river and its tributaries | 2 sets | |
| 15 | an area drains by a major river and its tributaries. | 2 sets | |
| 16 | the entire area of land that is drained by a major river and its tributaries | 2 sets | |
| 17 | all of the land thatgathers water from a major river | 2 sets | |
| 18 | the land area from which a river and its tributaries collect water | 2 sets | |
| 19 | a watershed | 2 sets | |
| 20 | the land area that contributes water to a stream | 2 sets | |
| 21 | body of water that all water flows to | 1 set | |
| 22 | a | 1 set | |
| 23 | an area that is drained by a rivere and all the streams that empty into it, also called watershed | 1 set | |
| 24 | all of the land area that gathers water for a major river is the river's | 1 set | |
| 25 | land area from wihich a river and its tributaries collect their water | 1 set | |
| 26 | is the area of land from which a stream or river collects runoff | 1 set | |
| 27 | the land area stream gets it's water from. | 1 set | |
| 28 | the total land surface that sheds water to a particular river or stream | 1 set | |
| 29 | the extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean. | 1 set | |
| 30 | a system of rivers and streams that drains an area like the colorado plateau | 1 set | |
| 31 | land surface region drained by a length of stream channel. | 1 set | |
| 32 | all of the land that gathers water for a major river is the rivers drainage basin | 1 set | |
| 33 | the land that contributes to water to a stream | 1 set | |
| 34 | the land that drains into a river and its streams. | 1 set | |
| 35 | land drained by a river system. | 1 set | |
| 36 | area of land which funnels all the water into streams draining the area | 1 set | |
| 37 | entire area of land that is drained by one stream, seperated by divides | 1 set | |
| 38 | land area from which a river or stream collects runoff | 1 set | |
| 39 | land area drained by a river system. | 1 set | |
| 40 | a specific area of earth's surface that a stream drains water from | 1 set | |