DRAINAGE AREA (OF A STREAM AT A SPECIFIED LOCATION)


Meaning of DRAINAGE AREA (OF A STREAM AT A SPECIFIED LOCATION) in English

That area, measured in a horizontal plane, enclosed by a topographic (drainage) divide from which direct surface runoff from precipitation normally drains by gravity into the stream above the specified point.

Environmental engineering English vocabulary.      Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга.