closed drainage basin

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• Drainage basin — Example of a drainage basin. The dashed line is the main water divide of the hydrographic basin A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit… …   Wikipedia

• basin, closed —    Drainage basin with no surface flow outlet [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• Endorheic basin — NASA photo of the endorheic Tarim Basin Endorheic basin showing waterflo …   Wikipedia

• closed depression —    , closed basin    1. Any karst hollow with internal drainage, including dolines, uvalas, poljes, cockpits and all varieties of blind karst valleys, of both small and large scales [9].    2. A general term for any enclosed topographic basin… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• Colorado drainage basins — The Gunnison River in the Black Canyon. Main article: Geography of Colorado See also: List of rivers in Colorado The U.S State of Colorado includes the headwaters of several important rivers. The state is divided generally East to West by the… …   Wikipedia

• Great Basin — a region in the Western U.S. that has no drainage to the ocean: includes most of Nevada and parts of Utah, California, Oregon, and Idaho. 210,000 sq. mi. (544,000 sq. km). * * * ▪ region, United States also called  Great Basin Desert  distinctive …   Universalium

• Great Divide Basin — The Great Divide Basin is a 3,860 square mile (10,000 km²) endorheic drainage basin in south central Wyoming, located between the Atlantic and Pacific drainage basins. North and south of it, the water divide is defined by the Continental Divide.… …   Wikipedia

• internal drainage —    Drainage in a closed basin and not reaching the sea [16]. It is common in maturely karsted terranes where surface water bodies are relatively nonexistent …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• irrigation and drainage — ▪ agriculture Introduction  artificial application of water to land and artificial removal of excess water from land, respectively. Some land requires irrigation or drainage before it is possible to use it for any agricultural production; other… …   Universalium

• Mediterranean Basin — In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub… …   Wikipedia

• Chad Basin — The Chad Basin, also known as the Lake Chad Basin, is a large lowland area in north central Africa. In all directions from the center of this area the elevation changes are gentle. The Chad Basin is an endorheic (closed) basin its water does not… …   Wikipedia