drainage
Where water goes
Drainage is the process of water or other liquid draining away, or a system designed to carry it off: The field has poor drainage, a drainage ditch.
In medicine, drainage removes fluid from a wound or body cavity.
The word also refers to an area from which water flows into a river system: the Mississippi drainage basin.
Wastewater removal infrastructure
- culvertTunnel for water passage
- stormwaterSurface flow from precipitation
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
- wastewaterContaminated drainage from buildings
sewage · manhole · gutters · pipelines · grading · excavation · detention · runoff
Drainage area boundary
- basinConcave water receptacle
- catchmentArea collecting water runoff
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- tributaryStream entering larger river
stream · valley · erosion · sediment · floodplain · hydrology · aquifer · groundwater
Artificial water supply for agriculture
- canalDug water passage
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
- fieldArea of specialty
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
tile · subsurface · moisture · waterlogging · salinity · flood · soil · aquifer
sewerage
Wastewater removal infrastructure
- culvertTunnel for water passage
- stormwaterSurface flow from precipitation
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
wastewater · sewage · manhole · gutters · pipelines · grading · excavation · detention · runoff · infiltration
watershed
Drainage area boundary
tributary · stream · valley · erosion · sediment · floodplain · hydrology · aquifer · groundwater · topography
irrigation
Artificial water supply for agriculture
crop · tile · subsurface · moisture · waterlogging · salinity · flood · soil · aquifer · aeration
floodgate
Water-controlling barrier mechanism
- dikeWall against flooding
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- embankmentRaised earth structure
sandbag · barrier · waterproofing · sealant · dam · grading · swale · berm · diversion
wound
Coiled, or an injury
pus · fluid · incision · postoperative · tube · infection · swelling · bandage · gauze · wick
- plant carewatering, fertilizing, fertilizer, pruning, transplanting
- park maintenancemowing, lawn care, pruning, trimming, weeding
- farming knowledgecrop rotation, companion planting, seed saving, fallow fields, composting
- hydrologyrivers, streamflow, aquifers, aquifer, lakes
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
- Garden restorationsoil testing, composting, mulching, pruning, weeding
drainageirrigation
Artificial water supply for agriculture
flooding · watering · inundation · water supply · saturation
drainagewaterlogging
Soil oversaturated with moisture
pooling · retention · ponding · water retention · accumulation
- drainage holesPerforations for water exit
- drainage pipeTube for removing water
- drainage basinsAreas draining to one point
- drainage systemInfrastructure removing excess water
- drainage ditchTrench for water runoff
- drainage divideBoundary separating river basins
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