underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
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the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin"
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the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.a pond for watering horses
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.Scottish word for a lake
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.Irish word for a lake
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.
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The original fauna and flora of a geographical area
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entire, geographical, area, drained, river.the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entire, geographical, area, drained, river.A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entire, geographical, area, drained, river.the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entire, geographical, area, drained, river.the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entire, geographical, area, drained, river.a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water; "the Mississippi River delta"…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entire, geographical, area, drained, river.A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entire, geographical, area, drained, river.(physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of low…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entire, geographical, area, drained, river.A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entire, geographical, area, drained, river.Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entire, geographical, area, drained, river.A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly calle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entire, geographical, area, drained, river.Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ ou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entire, geographical, area, drained, river.
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