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    DRAINAGE AREA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outletplay

    Example:

    flood control in the Missouri basin

    Synonyms:

    basin; catchment area; catchment basin; drainage area; drainage basin; river basin; watershed

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Hypernyms ("drainage area" is a kind of...):

    geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drainage area"):

    detention basin (a storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream)

    retention basin (a storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream)

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