drainage basin
C1429
concept
A drainage basin is a land area where all precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as a river, lake, or ocean.
Aliases (9)
- hydrological region ×3
- drainage system ×1
- endoreic basin ×1
- geographic basin ×1
- hydrological catchment ×1
- inland basin ×1
- inland drainage basin ×1
- river basin region ×1
- watershed region ×1
Instances (41)
- Hunter River catchment
- Murray–Darling Basin
- Arctic drainage basin
- River Dee basin
- Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system
- Pánuco River basin
- Chillán Basin ("geographic basin")
- Mystic River watershed
- Quabbin Reservoir region ("watershed region")
- Awash River Basin
- Krishna River basin
- Xiang River basin
- Equatorial lakes region ("hydrological region")
- Seine River Basin
- Lake Chad basin
- Mississippi River basin
- Aare basin
- Indus River basin
- Amazon Basin
- Severn River system
- Murrumbidgee catchment
- Qattara Depression ("endoreic basin")
- Zambezi Basin
- Kalahari Basin ("inland drainage basin")
- Namoi River catchment
- Clarence River basin
- Macintyre River basin
- Manning River basin
- Po basin
- Gairezi River system
- North Sea drainage basin
- Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
- Bishop Creek drainage
- Bull Run watershed
- Clyde basin
- East China coastal river systems ("drainage system")
- Three Gorges Reservoir Region ("river basin region")