drainage system

English

The Yarlung Tsangpo river system

Pronunciation

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Noun

drainage system (plural drainage systems)

1. (geomorphology) pattern formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin

Synonyms

• river system

Translations

pattern formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin

• Danish: flodsystem
• Dutch: drainagepatroon, dalstelsel
• German: Flusssystem n, Flussnetz n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vassdrag (no)

  Nynorsk: vassdrag

• Portuguese: rede de drenagem, rede hidrográfica
• Spanish: red de drenaje f