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What (who) is water basin - definition
![terrain map]] of the [[Latorița River]]'s drainage basin in [[Romania]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EN Bazinul hidrografic al Raului Latorita, Romania.jpg?width=200 "terrain map]] of the [[Latorița River]]'s drainage basin in [[Romania]]")
![dendritic]] drainage basin. The dashed line is the main water divide of the [[hydrography]] basin.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hydrographic basin.svg?width=200 "dendritic]] drainage basin. The dashed line is the main water divide of the [[hydrography]] basin.")
![[[Digital terrain model]] of the Latorița River's drainage basin in [[Romania]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Modelare 3D pentru Bazinul Hidrografic al Paraului Latorita.gif?width=200 "[[Digital terrain model]] of the Latorița River's drainage basin in [[Romania]].")
![Major [[continental divide]]s, showing how terrestrial drainage basins drain into the oceans. Grey areas are [[endorheic basin]]s that do not drain to the oceans](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ocean drainage.png?width=200 "Major [[continental divide]]s, showing how terrestrial drainage basins drain into the oceans. Grey areas are [[endorheic basin]]s that do not drain to the oceans")
![Drainage basin of the [[Ohio River]], part of the [[Mississippi River]] drainage basin](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ohiorivermap.png?width=200 "Drainage basin of the [[Ohio River]], part of the [[Mississippi River]] drainage basin")
![[[Endorheic basin]] in [[Central Asia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Uureg Nuur.jpg?width=200 "[[Endorheic basin]] in [[Central Asia]]")
Wikipedia
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern.
Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. In North America, they are commonly called a watershed, though in other English-speaking places, "watershed" is used only in its original sense, that of a drainage divide.
A drainage basin's boundaries are determined by watershed delineation, a common task in environmental engineering and science.
In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, rather than flowing to the ocean, water converges toward the interior of the basin, known as a sink, which may be a permanent lake, a dry lake, or a point where surface water is lost underground.
Drainage basins are similar but not identical to hydrologic unit code, which are drainage areas delineated so as to nest into a multi-level hierarchical drainage system. Hydrologic units are defined to allow multiple inlets, outlets, or sinks. In a strict sense, all drainage basins are hydrologic units but not all hydrologic units are drainage basins.
