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Drainage basin


Definition:

An area of land from which all surface runoff is discharged through a system of stream tubes, streams, brook , rivers and canals to the selected cross-section of a watercourse.


Source:
  • Act of 20 July 2017, New Water Law
    Place of publication: (Dz. U. z 2023 r. poz. 1478, z późn. zm.)

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