drainage basin: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	watershed • catchment area • catchment basin

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Parting of the Waters drainage pattern dendritic drainage pattern trellis drainage pattern centripetal drainage pattern beaded drainage radial drainage pattern consequent drainage cross-axial drainage inheritance estuary waterfall alluvial fan delta spring meander floodplain bajada oxbow lake chute, or Cutoff

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