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DRAINAGE AREA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does drainage area mean?

• DRAINAGE AREA (noun)
The noun DRAINAGE AREA has 1 sense:

1. the geographical area draining into a river or reservoir

Familiarity information: DRAINAGE AREA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DRAINAGE AREA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The geographical area draining into a river or reservoir

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

catchment area; catchment basin; drainage area; drainage basin

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

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

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