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drainage area

noun as in drainage basin

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That concrete canal and other drainage areas on the course, around half the holes, have been replaced by barrancas, which are often sandy areas dotted with native wild grasses and plants.

A balcony is going up, roll-up doors are going in and landscaping around a drainage area is commencing.

His second shot wasn’t much more accurate, and it might have hit a spectator before it took a fortunate roll from the rough into a grassy drainage area off the green.

Flooding could occur around rivers, creeks and urban areas with poor drainage areas from Lewis County up to the border with Canada, said Dev McMillian, a Seattle-based National Weather Service meteorologist.

The researchers decided to examine the water because it contains carbon signatures from the entire drainage area, which in turn convey information about origin and land use.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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