Faster access than browser!
147 relations: Africa, African Great Lakes, Alaska, Alberta, Amazon River, Andes, Antarctica, Appalachian Mountains, Arabian Peninsula, Aral Sea, Arctic Ocean, Arithmetic mean, Asia, Atlantic Ocean, Australia, Bay, Bioregionalism, Body of water, Brazil, Caribbean Sea, Caspian Sea, Central America, Central Europe, Clay, Congo River, Conservation authority (Ontario, Canada), Continental Divide of the Americas, Contour line, Copernicus Publications, Dead Sea, Drainage divide, Drainage system (geomorphology), Dry lake, East Coast of the United States, Eastern Europe, Ecology, Endorheic basin, England, Eutrophication, Flood, Fluvial, Funnel, Fur trade, Ganges, Geomorphology, Great Basin, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Commission, Groundwater, Gulf of Mexico, ..., Hill, Hudson Bay, Hudson's Bay Company, Hydrological code, Hydrology, Indian Ocean, Indian subcontinent, Integrated catchment management, Interbasin transfer, International Journal of River Basin Management, International Network of Basin Organizations, Interstate compact, Isochrone map, Israel, Kalahari Basin, Kazakhstan, Korean Peninsula, Land use, Lebanon, Losing stream, Main stem, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean sea (oceanography), Mekong River Commission, Mexico, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mountain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nile, Nile Basin Initiative, North Africa, North America, North Dakota, Northern Canada, Okavango River, Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal, Pacific Islands, Pacific Ocean, Persian Gulf, Precipitation, Rain, Río de la Plata, Red Sea, Ridge, River, River basin management plans, River bifurcation, Road, Rocky Mountains, Roof, Rupert's Land, Sahara, Saint Lawrence River, Sand, Saskatchewan, Scandinavian Peninsula, Sediment, Senegal River, Sidewalk, Sink (geography), Snowmelt, Soil, South America, South Dakota, Southern Europe, Southern Ocean, Strahler number, Stream gauge, Sub-Saharan Africa, Surface runoff, Surface water, Syria, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Tenaja, The Maritimes, Time of concentration, Topography, Transboundary river, Treaty, Turkey, U.S. state, UNESCO, United States Forest Service, United States Geological Survey, Voronoi diagram, Water cycle, Water pollution, Watershed district (Minnesota), Watershed management, Western Canada, Western Europe, Western Sahara, World Resources Institute. Expand index (97 more) »
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).
New!!: Drainage basin and Africa · See more »
African Great Lakes
The African Great Lakes (Maziwa Makuu) are a series of lakes constituting the part of the Rift Valley lakes in and around the East African Rift.
New!!: Drainage basin and African Great Lakes · See more »
Alaska
Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.
New!!: Drainage basin and Alaska · See more »
Alberta
Alberta is a western province of Canada.
New!!: Drainage basin and Alberta · See more »
Amazon River
The Amazon River (or; Spanish and Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and either the longest or second longest.
New!!: Drainage basin and Amazon River · See more »
Andes
The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world.
New!!: Drainage basin and Andes · See more »
Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.
New!!: Drainage basin and Antarctica · See more »
Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains (les Appalaches), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America.
New!!: Drainage basin and Appalachian Mountains · See more »
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula, simplified Arabia (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, ‘Arabian island’ or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب, ‘Island of the Arabs’), is a peninsula of Western Asia situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian plate.
New!!: Drainage basin and Arabian Peninsula · See more »
Aral Sea
The Aral Sea was an endorheic lake (one with no outflow) lying between Kazakhstan (Aktobe and Kyzylorda Regions) in the north and Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan autonomous region) in the south.
New!!: Drainage basin and Aral Sea · See more »
Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans.
New!!: Drainage basin and Arctic Ocean · See more »
Arithmetic mean
In mathematics and statistics, the arithmetic mean (stress on third syllable of "arithmetic"), or simply the mean or average when the context is clear, is the sum of a collection of numbers divided by the number of numbers in the collection.
New!!: Drainage basin and Arithmetic mean · See more »
Asia
Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.
New!!: Drainage basin and Asia · See more »
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.
New!!: Drainage basin and Atlantic Ocean · See more »
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
New!!: Drainage basin and Australia · See more »
Bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay.
New!!: Drainage basin and Bay · See more »
Bioregionalism
Bioregionalism is a political, cultural, and ecological system or set of views based on naturally defined areas called bioregions, similar to ecoregions.
New!!: Drainage basin and Bioregionalism · See more »
Body of water
A body of water or waterbody (often spelled water body) is any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet's surface.
New!!: Drainage basin and Body of water · See more »
Brazil
Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
New!!: Drainage basin and Brazil · See more »
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea (Mar Caribe; Mer des Caraïbes; Caraïbische Zee) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere.
New!!: Drainage basin and Caribbean Sea · See more »
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea.
New!!: Drainage basin and Caspian Sea · See more »
Central America
Central America (América Central, Centroamérica) is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with the South American continent on the southeast.
New!!: Drainage basin and Central America · See more »
Central Europe
Central Europe is the region comprising the central part of Europe.
New!!: Drainage basin and Central Europe · See more »
Clay
Clay is a finely-grained natural rock or soil material that combines one or more clay minerals with possible traces of quartz (SiO2), metal oxides (Al2O3, MgO etc.) and organic matter.
New!!: Drainage basin and Clay · See more »
Congo River
The Congo River (also spelled Kongo River and known as the Zaire River) is the second longest river in Africa after the Nile and the second largest river in the world by discharge volume of water (after the Amazon), and the world's deepest river with measured depths in excess of.
New!!: Drainage basin and Congo River · See more »
Conservation authority (Ontario, Canada)
A conservation authority is a local, community-based natural resource management agency based in Ontario, Canada.
New!!: Drainage basin and Conservation authority (Ontario, Canada) · See more »
Continental Divide of the Americas
The Continental Divide of the Americas (also known as the Great Divide, the Continental Gulf of Division, or merely the Continental Divide) is the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas.
New!!: Drainage basin and Continental Divide of the Americas · See more »
Contour line
A contour line (also isocline, isopleth, isarithm, or equipotential curve) of a function of two variables is a curve along which the function has a constant value, so that the curve joins points of equal value.
New!!: Drainage basin and Contour line · See more »
Copernicus Publications
Copernicus Publications (also: Copernicus GmbH) is a publisher of scientific literature based in Göttingen, Germany.
New!!: Drainage basin and Copernicus Publications · See more »
Dead Sea
The Dead Sea (יָם הַמֶּלַח lit. Sea of Salt; البحر الميت The first article al- is unnecessary and usually not used.) is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and Palestine to the west.
New!!: Drainage basin and Dead Sea · See more »
Drainage divide
A drainage divide, water divide, divide, ridgeline, watershed, or water parting is the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins.
New!!: Drainage basin and Drainage divide · See more »
Drainage system (geomorphology)
In geomorphology, drainage systems, also known as river systems, are the patterns formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin.
New!!: Drainage basin and Drainage system (geomorphology) · See more »
Dry lake
A dry lake is either a basin or depression that formerly contained a standing surface water body, which disappeared when evaporation processes exceeded recharge.
New!!: Drainage basin and Dry lake · See more »
East Coast of the United States
The East Coast of the United States is the coastline along which the Eastern United States meets the North Atlantic Ocean.
New!!: Drainage basin and East Coast of the United States · See more »
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of the European continent.
New!!: Drainage basin and Eastern Europe · See more »
Ecology
Ecology (from οἶκος, "house", or "environment"; -λογία, "study of") is the branch of biology which studies the interactions among organisms and their environment.
New!!: Drainage basin and Ecology · See more »
Endorheic basin
An endorheic basin (also endoreic basin or endorreic basin) (from the ἔνδον, éndon, "within" and ῥεῖν, rheîn, "to flow") is a limited drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water, such as rivers or oceans, but converges instead into lakes or swamps, permanent or seasonal, that equilibrate through evaporation.
New!!: Drainage basin and Endorheic basin · See more »
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
New!!: Drainage basin and England · See more »
Eutrophication
Eutrophication (from Greek eutrophos, "well-nourished"), or hypertrophication, is when a body of water becomes overly enriched with minerals and nutrients that induce excessive growth of plants and algae.
New!!: Drainage basin and Eutrophication · See more »
Flood
A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry.
New!!: Drainage basin and Flood · See more »
Fluvial
In geography and geology, fluvial processes are associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by them.
New!!: Drainage basin and Fluvial · See more »
Funnel
A funnel is a pipe with a wide (often conical) mouth and a narrow stem.
New!!: Drainage basin and Funnel · See more »
Fur trade
The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur.
New!!: Drainage basin and Fur trade · See more »
Ganges
The Ganges, also known as Ganga, is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through the nations of India and Bangladesh.
New!!: Drainage basin and Ganges · See more »
Geomorphology
Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek: γῆ, gê, "earth"; μορφή, morphḗ, "form"; and λόγος, lógos, "study") is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near the Earth's surface.
New!!: Drainage basin and Geomorphology · See more »
Great Basin
The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds in North America.
New!!: Drainage basin and Great Basin · See more »
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes (les Grands-Lacs), also called the Laurentian Great Lakes and the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes located primarily in the upper mid-east region of North America, on the Canada–United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River.
New!!: Drainage basin and Great Lakes · See more »
Great Lakes Commission
The Great Lakes Commission is a United States interstate agency established in 1955 through the Great Lakes Compact, in order to "promote the orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of the water resources of the Great Lakes Basin," which includes the Saint Lawrence River.
New!!: Drainage basin and Great Lakes Commission · See more »
Groundwater
Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.
New!!: Drainage basin and Groundwater · See more »
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.
New!!: Drainage basin and Gulf of Mexico · See more »
Hill
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain.
New!!: Drainage basin and Hill · See more »
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay (Inuktitut: Kangiqsualuk ilua, baie d'Hudson) (sometimes called Hudson's Bay, usually historically) is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of.
New!!: Drainage basin and Hudson Bay · See more »
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group.
New!!: Drainage basin and Hudson's Bay Company · See more »
Hydrological code
A hydrological code or hydrologic unit code is a sequence of numbers or letters that identify a hydrological feature like a river, river reach, lake, or area like a drainage basin (also called watershed (in North America)) or catchment.
New!!: Drainage basin and Hydrological code · See more »
Hydrology
Hydrology is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources and environmental watershed sustainability.
New!!: Drainage basin and Hydrology · See more »
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface).
New!!: Drainage basin and Indian Ocean · See more »
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a southern region and peninsula of Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate and projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.
New!!: Drainage basin and Indian subcontinent · See more »
Integrated catchment management
Integrated catchment management (ICM) is a subset of environmental planning which approaches sustainable resource management from a catchment perspective, in contrast to a piecemeal approach that artificially separates land management from water management.
New!!: Drainage basin and Integrated catchment management · See more »
Interbasin transfer
Interbasin transfer or transbasin diversion are (often hyphenated) terms used to describe man-made conveyance schemes which move water from one river basin where it is available, to another basin where water is less available or could be utilized better for human development.
New!!: Drainage basin and Interbasin transfer · See more »
International Journal of River Basin Management
International Journal of River Basin Management is a quarterly academic journal issued for the first time during the Third World Water Forum in Kyoto, March 2003.
New!!: Drainage basin and International Journal of River Basin Management · See more »
International Network of Basin Organizations
The International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO) (French: Réseau International des Organismes de Bassin RIOB).
New!!: Drainage basin and International Network of Basin Organizations · See more »
Interstate compact
In the United States of America, an interstate compact is an agreement between two or more states.
New!!: Drainage basin and Interstate compact · See more »
Isochrone map
An isochrone map (or chart/plan/diagram) in science and urban planning is a map showing areas related to isochrones between different points.
New!!: Drainage basin and Isochrone map · See more »
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.
New!!: Drainage basin and Israel · See more »
Kalahari Basin
The Kalahari Basin or Kalahari Depression is a large lowland area covering over 2.5 million km2 covering most of Botswana and parts of Namibia, South Africa, Angola, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
New!!: Drainage basin and Kalahari Basin · See more »
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan,; kəzɐxˈstan), officially the Republic of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Respýblıkasy; Respublika Kazakhstan), is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest in the world, with an area of.
New!!: Drainage basin and Kazakhstan · See more »
Korean Peninsula
The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula of Eurasia located in East Asia.
New!!: Drainage basin and Korean Peninsula · See more »
Land use
Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods.
New!!: Drainage basin and Land use · See more »
Lebanon
Lebanon (لبنان; Lebanese pronunciation:; Liban), officially known as the Lebanese RepublicRepublic of Lebanon is the most common phrase used by Lebanese government agencies.
New!!: Drainage basin and Lebanon · See more »
Losing stream
A losing stream, disappearing stream, influent stream or sinking river is a stream or river that loses water as it flows downstream.
New!!: Drainage basin and Losing stream · See more »
Main stem
In hydrology, a main stem (or trunk) is "the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries".
New!!: Drainage basin and Main stem · See more »
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.
New!!: Drainage basin and Mediterranean Sea · See more »
Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
A mediterranean sea is, in oceanography, a mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of water with outer oceans and with water circulation dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds.
New!!: Drainage basin and Mediterranean sea (oceanography) · See more »
Mekong River Commission
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) is an "...inter-governmental organisation that works directly with the governments of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam to jointly manage the shared water resources and the sustainable development of the Mekong River." Its mission is "To promote and coordinate sustainable management and development of water and related resources for the countries' mutual benefit and the people's well-being.".
New!!: Drainage basin and Mekong River Commission · See more »
Mexico
Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.
New!!: Drainage basin and Mexico · See more »
Minnesota
Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States.
New!!: Drainage basin and Minnesota · See more »
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.
New!!: Drainage basin and Mississippi River · See more »
Mongolia
Mongolia (Monggol Ulus in Mongolian; in Mongolian Cyrillic) is a landlocked unitary sovereign state in East Asia.
New!!: Drainage basin and Mongolia · See more »
Montana
Montana is a state in the Northwestern United States.
New!!: Drainage basin and Montana · See more »
Morocco
Morocco (officially known as the Kingdom of Morocco, is a unitary sovereign state located in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is one of the native homelands of the indigenous Berber people. Geographically, Morocco is characterised by a rugged mountainous interior, large tracts of desert and a lengthy coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Morocco has a population of over 33.8 million and an area of. Its capital is Rabat, and the largest city is Casablanca. Other major cities include Marrakesh, Tangier, Salé, Fes, Meknes and Oujda. A historically prominent regional power, Morocco has a history of independence not shared by its neighbours. Since the foundation of the first Moroccan state by Idris I in 788 AD, the country has been ruled by a series of independent dynasties, reaching its zenith under the Almoravid dynasty and Almohad dynasty, spanning parts of Iberia and northwestern Africa. The Marinid and Saadi dynasties continued the struggle against foreign domination, and Morocco remained the only North African country to avoid Ottoman occupation. The Alaouite dynasty, the current ruling dynasty, seized power in 1631. In 1912, Morocco was divided into French and Spanish protectorates, with an international zone in Tangier, and regained its independence in 1956. Moroccan culture is a blend of Berber, Arab, West African and European influences. Morocco claims the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara, formerly Spanish Sahara, as its Southern Provinces. After Spain agreed to decolonise the territory to Morocco and Mauritania in 1975, a guerrilla war arose with local forces. Mauritania relinquished its claim in 1979, and the war lasted until a cease-fire in 1991. Morocco currently occupies two thirds of the territory, and peace processes have thus far failed to break the political deadlock. Morocco is a constitutional monarchy with an elected parliament. The King of Morocco holds vast executive and legislative powers, especially over the military, foreign policy and religious affairs. Executive power is exercised by the government, while legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament, the Assembly of Representatives and the Assembly of Councillors. The king can issue decrees called dahirs, which have the force of law. He can also dissolve the parliament after consulting the Prime Minister and the president of the constitutional court. Morocco's predominant religion is Islam, and the official languages are Arabic and Berber, with Berber being the native language of Morocco before the Arab conquest in the 600s AD. The Moroccan dialect of Arabic, referred to as Darija, and French are also widely spoken. Morocco is a member of the Arab League, the Union for the Mediterranean and the African Union. It has the fifth largest economy of Africa.
New!!: Drainage basin and Morocco · See more »
Mountain
A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.
New!!: Drainage basin and Mountain · See more »
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; Akamassiss; Newfoundland Irish: Talamh an Éisc agus Labradar) is the most easterly province of Canada.
New!!: Drainage basin and Newfoundland and Labrador · See more »
Nile
The Nile River (النيل, Egyptian Arabic en-Nīl, Standard Arabic an-Nīl; ⲫⲓⲁⲣⲱ, P(h)iaro; Ancient Egyptian: Ḥ'pī and Jtrw; Biblical Hebrew:, Ha-Ye'or or, Ha-Shiḥor) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, and is commonly regarded as the longest river in the world, though some sources cite the Amazon River as the longest.
New!!: Drainage basin and Nile · See more »
Nile Basin Initiative
The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is a partnership among the Nile riparian states that “seeks to develop the river in a cooperative manner, share substantial socioeconomic benefits, and promote regional peace and security”.
New!!: Drainage basin and Nile Basin Initiative · See more »
North Africa
North Africa is a collective term for a group of Mediterranean countries and territories situated in the northern-most region of the African continent.
New!!: Drainage basin and North Africa · See more »
North America
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.
New!!: Drainage basin and North America · See more »
North Dakota
North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States.
New!!: Drainage basin and North Dakota · See more »
Northern Canada
Northern Canada, colloquially the North, is the vast northernmost region of Canada variously defined by geography and politics.
New!!: Drainage basin and Northern Canada · See more »
Okavango River
The Okavango River (formerly spelled Okovango or Okovanggo) is a river in southwest Africa.
New!!: Drainage basin and Okavango River · See more »
Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal
The Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal (OMVS; in English Senegal River Basin Development Authority) is an organisation grouping Guinea, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal for the purpose of jointly managing the Senegal River and its drainage basin.
New!!: Drainage basin and Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal · See more »
Pacific Islands
The Pacific Islands are the islands of the Pacific Ocean.
New!!: Drainage basin and Pacific Islands · See more »
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.
New!!: Drainage basin and Pacific Ocean · See more »
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf (lit), (الخليج الفارسي) is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia.
New!!: Drainage basin and Persian Gulf · See more »
Precipitation
In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity.
New!!: Drainage basin and Precipitation · See more »
Rain
Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then becomes heavy enough to fall under gravity.
New!!: Drainage basin and Rain · See more »
Río de la Plata
The Río de la Plata ("river of silver") — rendered River Plate in British English and the Commonwealth and La Plata River (occasionally Plata River) in other English-speaking countries — is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay and the Paraná rivers.
New!!: Drainage basin and Río de la Plata · See more »
Red Sea
The Red Sea (also the Erythraean Sea) is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
New!!: Drainage basin and Red Sea · See more »
Ridge
A ridge or mountain ridge are geological features consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for some distance.The sides of the ridge slope away from narrow top on either side.The line along the crest formed by the highest points, with the terrain dropping down on either side, is called the ridgeline.
New!!: Drainage basin and Ridge · See more »
River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.
New!!: Drainage basin and River · See more »
River basin management plans
River basin management plans are a management tool in integrated water resources management.
New!!: Drainage basin and River basin management plans · See more »
River bifurcation
River bifurcation (from furca, fork) occurs when a river flowing in a single stream separates into two or more separate streams (called distributaries) which continue downstream.
New!!: Drainage basin and River bifurcation · See more »
Road
A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places that has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse.
New!!: Drainage basin and Road · See more »
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.
New!!: Drainage basin and Rocky Mountains · See more »
Roof
A roof is part of a building envelope.
New!!: Drainage basin and Roof · See more »
Rupert's Land
Rupert's Land, or Prince Rupert's Land, was a territory in British North America comprising the Hudson Bay drainage basin, a territory in which a commercial monopoly was operated by the Hudson's Bay Company for 200 years from 1670 to 1870.
New!!: Drainage basin and Rupert's Land · See more »
Sahara
The Sahara (الصحراء الكبرى,, 'the Great Desert') is the largest hot desert and the third largest desert in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic.
New!!: Drainage basin and Sahara · See more »
Saint Lawrence River
The Saint Lawrence River (Fleuve Saint-Laurent; Tuscarora: Kahnawáʼkye; Mohawk: Kaniatarowanenneh, meaning "big waterway") is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America.
New!!: Drainage basin and Saint Lawrence River · See more »
Sand
Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.
New!!: Drainage basin and Sand · See more »
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie and boreal province in western Canada, the only province without natural borders.
New!!: Drainage basin and Saskatchewan · See more »
Scandinavian Peninsula
The Scandinavian Peninsula (Skandinaviska halvön; Den skandinaviske halvøy; Skandinavian niemimaa; ?; Скандинавский полуостров, Skandinavsky poluostrov) is a peninsula of Eurasia located in Northern Europe, which generally comprises the mainland of Sweden, the mainland of Norway (with the exception of a small coastal area bordering Russia), the northwestern area of Finland, as well as a narrow area in the west of the Pechengsky District of Russia.
New!!: Drainage basin and Scandinavian Peninsula · See more »
Sediment
Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.
New!!: Drainage basin and Sediment · See more »
Senegal River
The Senegal River (نهر السنغال, Fleuve Sénégal) is a long river in West Africa that forms the border between Senegal and Mauritania.
New!!: Drainage basin and Senegal River · See more »
Sidewalk
A sidewalk (American English) or pavement (British English), also known as a footpath or footway, is a path along the side of a road.
New!!: Drainage basin and Sidewalk · See more »
Sink (geography)
A geographic sink is a depression within an endorheic basin where water collects with no visible outlet.
New!!: Drainage basin and Sink (geography) · See more »
Snowmelt
In hydrology, snowmelt is surface runoff produced from melting snow.
New!!: Drainage basin and Snowmelt · See more »
Soil
Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life.
New!!: Drainage basin and Soil · See more »
South America
South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
New!!: Drainage basin and South America · See more »
South Dakota
South Dakota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
New!!: Drainage basin and South Dakota · See more »
Southern Europe
Southern Europe is the southern region of the European continent.
New!!: Drainage basin and Southern Europe · See more »
Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean or the Austral Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.
New!!: Drainage basin and Southern Ocean · See more »
Strahler number
In mathematics, the Strahler number or Horton–Strahler number of a mathematical tree is a numerical measure of its branching complexity.
New!!: Drainage basin and Strahler number · See more »
Stream gauge
A stream gauge, streamgage or gauging station is a location used by hydrologists or environmental scientists to monitor and test terrestrial bodies of water.
New!!: Drainage basin and Stream gauge · See more »
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara.
New!!: Drainage basin and Sub-Saharan Africa · See more »
Surface runoff
Surface runoff (also known as overland flow) is the flow of water that occurs when excess stormwater, meltwater, or other sources flows over the Earth's surface.
New!!: Drainage basin and Surface runoff · See more »
Surface water
Surface water is water on the surface of the planet such as in a river, lake, wetland, or ocean.
New!!: Drainage basin and Surface water · See more »
Syria
Syria (سوريا), officially known as the Syrian Arab Republic (الجمهورية العربية السورية), is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.
New!!: Drainage basin and Syria · See more »
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (or TRPA) was formed in 1969 through a bi-state compact between California and Nevada which was ratified by the U.S. Congress.
New!!: Drainage basin and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · See more »
Tenaja
A tenaja is a water basin or retention area.
New!!: Drainage basin and Tenaja · See more »
The Maritimes
The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces (Provinces maritimes) or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island (PEI).
New!!: Drainage basin and The Maritimes · See more »
Time of concentration
Time of concentration is a concept used in hydrology to measure the response of a watershed to a rain event.
New!!: Drainage basin and Time of concentration · See more »
Topography
Topography is the study of the shape and features of the surface of the Earth and other observable astronomical objects including planets, moons, and asteroids.
New!!: Drainage basin and Topography · See more »
Transboundary river
A transboundary river is a river that crosses at least one political border, either a border within a nation or an international boundary.
New!!: Drainage basin and Transboundary river · See more »
Treaty
A treaty is an agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely sovereign states and international organizations.
New!!: Drainage basin and Treaty · See more »
Turkey
Turkey (Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.
New!!: Drainage basin and Turkey · See more »
U.S. state
A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.
New!!: Drainage basin and U.S. state · See more »
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.
New!!: Drainage basin and UNESCO · See more »
United States Forest Service
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass.
New!!: Drainage basin and United States Forest Service · See more »
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.
New!!: Drainage basin and United States Geological Survey · See more »
Voronoi diagram
In mathematics, a Voronoi diagram is a partitioning of a plane into regions based on distance to points in a specific subset of the plane.
New!!: Drainage basin and Voronoi diagram · See more »
Water cycle
The water cycle, also known as the hydrological cycle or the hydrologic cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth.
New!!: Drainage basin and Water cycle · See more »
Water pollution
Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities.
New!!: Drainage basin and Water pollution · See more »
Watershed district (Minnesota)
Watershed districts are special government entities in the U.S. state of Minnesota that monitor and regulate the use of water in watersheds surrounding various lakes and rivers in the state.
New!!: Drainage basin and Watershed district (Minnesota) · See more »
Watershed management
Watershed management is the study of the relevant characteristics of a watershed aimed at the sustainable distribution of its resources and the process of creating and implementing plans, programs, and projects to sustain and enhance watershed functions that affect the plant, animal, and human communities within the watershed boundary.
New!!: Drainage basin and Watershed management · See more »
Western Canada
Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and more commonly known as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
New!!: Drainage basin and Western Canada · See more »
Western Europe
Western Europe is the region comprising the western part of Europe.
New!!: Drainage basin and Western Europe · See more »
Western Sahara
Western Sahara (الصحراء الغربية, Taneẓroft Tutrimt, Spanish and French: Sahara Occidental) is a disputed territory in the Maghreb region of North Africa, partially controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and partially Moroccan-occupied, bordered by Morocco proper to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
New!!: Drainage basin and Western Sahara · See more »
World Resources Institute
The World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global research non-profit organization that was established in 1982 with funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation under the leadership of James Gustave Speth.
New!!: Drainage basin and World Resources Institute · See more »
Redirects here:
Catchment, Catchment area (hydrology), Catchment area (river), Catchment basin, Catchment management, Catchment of water, Catchment water, Drainage Basin, Drainage area, Drainage basins, Rain catchment, River Basin, River Basins, River Drainage Basin, River basin, River basins, Sub-watershed, Subwatershed, Surface water basin, Total catchment management, Water Catchment, Water basin, Water catchment, Water catchment area, Water catchments, Watershed (ecology), Watershed (hydrology).
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drainage_basin
