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2. List of drainage basins by area - Wikipedia

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   It includes oceanic sea drainage basins which have hydrologically coherent areas (oceanic seas are set by IHO convention). The oceans drain approximately 83% of the land in the world. The other 17% – an area larger than the basin of the Arctic Ocean – drains to internal endorheic basins.

3. Infiltration basin - Wikipedia

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   Recently completed infiltration basin for stormwater collection. An infiltration basin (or recharge basin) is a form of engineered sump [1] or percolation pond [2] that is used to manage stormwater runoff, prevent flooding and downstream erosion, and improve water quality in an adjacent river, stream, lake or bay.

4. Watershed delineation - Wikipedia

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   Watershed delineation is the process of identifying the boundary of a watershed, also referred to as a catchment, drainage basin, or river basin.It is an important step in many areas of environmental science, engineering, and management, for example to study flooding, aquatic habitat, or water pollution.

5. Talk:Culvert - Wikipedia

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   A pipe is a tubular structure used to convey liquid. Culverts smaller than about 3 m/ 10 ft in diameter are often constructed with pipes. Pipes are also used to build drain systems, connecting curb inlets and catch basins and carrying stormwater from streets and parking lots to outfalls at streams, lakes or other water bodies.

6. Catchwater - Wikipedia

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   Catchwater drains may take the form of concrete canals, such as in Hong Kong, where there are many.Alternatively, they may take the form of a large concrete sheet, smothering a hill, and preventing rainfall from entering the rock strata, with a smaller channeling system for transport of the water to the storage tank - this latter system is in operation in Gibraltar.

7. Boston tunnel floods with 130,000 gallons of water due to ...

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   The Boston tunnel was filled with 130,000 gallons of stormwater runoff this week after a torrential downpour led officials to close the historic city's roadways. Video shows people slowly driving ...