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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 outletsynonyms: basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, watershedtypes:detention basina storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstreamretention basina storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstreamtype of:geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical regiona demarcated area of the Earth
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