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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Drainage basin Drainage basin The term 'Drainage basin' as it applies to the area of water can be defined as 'land area where precipitation runs off into streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. It is a land feature that can be identified by tracing a line along the highest elevations between two areas on a map, often a ridge. Large drainage basins, like the area that drains into the Mississippi River contain thousands of smaller drainage basins. Also called a 'watershed.''. The term 'Drainage basin' as it applies to the area of reclamation can be defined as ' All of the area drained by a river system. The drainage basin is a part of the surface of the earth that is occupied by a drainage system, which consists of a surface stream or a body of impounded surface water together with all tributary surface streams and bodies of impounded surface water. The area of land that drains its water into a river'. The term 'Drainage basin' as it applies to the area of coastlines can be defined as ' total area drained by a stream and its tributaries'. The term 'Drainage basin' as it applies to the area of energy can be defined as ' The land drained by a river system'. Previous 5 Terms: Draft Standard For Trial Use dragline excavator Drainage Drainage Drainage Area Next 5 Terms: Drainage basin Drainage blanket Drainage curtain Drainage Density Drainage Divide About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.