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drainage basin

drain·age ba·sin
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [drey-nij bey-suh n]
    • /ˈdreɪ nɪdʒ ˈbeɪ sən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [drey-nij bey-suh n]
    • /ˈdreɪ nɪdʒ ˈbeɪ sən/

Definitions of drainage basin words

  • noun drainage basin the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2). 1
  • noun drainage basin the region or area drained by a river system 0
  • noun drainage basin (hydrology) A topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet; a watershed. 0
See all 3 definitions of drainage basin

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Origin of drainage basin

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1880-85

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Parts of speech for Drainage basin

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Drainage basin

drainage basin popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for drainage basin

noun drainage basin

  • catchment area — The catchment area of a school, hospital, or other service is the area that it serves.
  • watershed — Chiefly British. the ridge or crest line dividing two drainage areas; water parting; divide.
All 2 Synonyms of drainage basin

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