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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An area drained by a river system.
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- noun hydrology A
topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet; awatershed .
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- noun the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet
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