| 单词 | drainage basin |
| 释义 | drainage basin (once / 144138 pages) n WORD FAMILY drainage basin: drainage basins USAGE EXAMPLESHe says the airport was built in the 40s and it’s got old storm drain pipes running from all kinds of drainage basins. Washington Times(Nov 18, 2016) Waukesha would be the first U.S. community located outside the Great Lakes drainage basin since a compact protecting Great Lakes water became law in 2008. Washington Times(Jun 20, 2016) The Apalachicola River is part of a drainage basin in the Southeast that is taxed by a growing population and conflict between states. National Geographic(Apr 12, 2016) n the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet Syn|Hypo|Hyper basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, watershed detention basin a storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream retention basina storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth |
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