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-ni‹noun (the process, method or system of carrying away extra water: The town's drainage is very efficient.) drenajetr['dreɪnɪʤ]1 (drying out - of marshes, fields) avenamiento, drenaje nombre masculino; (- of pond, river, channel, region, reservoir) desagüe nombre masculino; (- of land) desecación nombre femenino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLdrainage basin cuenca hidrográficadrainage channel canal nombre masculino de drenajedrainage ['dreɪnɪʤ] n: desagüe m, drenaje mn.• alcantarillado s.m.• avenamiento s.m.• desagüe s.m.• drenaje s.m.• saneamiento s.m.'dreɪnɪdʒmass nouna) ( of household waste) desagüe m (de aguas residuales); ( of rainwater) canalización f (de agua de lluvia); (before n)drainage system — (red f de) alcantarillado m
b) (of fields, marshes) drenaje m, avenamiento m['dreɪnɪdʒ]1. N2) (=sewage system) alcantarillado m2.CPDdrainage area, drainage basin N — (Geol) cuenca f hidrográfica
drainage channel N — zanja f de drenaje
drainage ditch N — acequia f de drenaje
drainage holes NPL — (in plant pot) agujeros mpl de drenaje
drainage tube N — (Med) tubo m de drenaje
* * *['dreɪnɪdʒ]mass nouna) ( of household waste) desagüe m (de aguas residuales); ( of rainwater) canalización f (de agua de lluvia); (before n)drainage system — (red f de) alcantarillado m
b) (of fields, marshes) drenaje m, avenamiento m
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drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Cf. watershed (def. 2). [1880 85, Amer.] * * * ▪ geology also called Catchment Area, or (in North America) Watershed, … Universalium
drainage basin — the total surface land area drained by a stream or river; often used in the sense of the water bodies in the basin. Not a watershed which is strictly an elevated boundary area separating tributaries draining to different river systems … Dictionary of ichthyology
drainage basin — /ˈdreɪnɪdʒ beɪsən/ (say draynij baysuhn) noun the entire area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also, drainage area …
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