water drainage
Channeling away moisture
Water drainage is the removal or channeling of water from an area, whether naturally through soil absorption and gravity or artificially through pipes, ditches, and sewers.
Good drainage prevents flooding and waterlogging: The field's poor water drainage left standing puddles after every rain.
The term applies to both the process and the infrastructure that enables it.
- French drainSubsurface water diversion system
- culvertTunnel for water passage
- storm drainStreet-level runoff collector
- catch basinGrated pit collecting runoff
- swaleSoggy terrain depression
rain garden · surface runoff · runoff · percolation · infiltration · seepage · floodplain · retention pond · flood control · debris removal · canal · sump pump · sedimentation · grading · levee · erosion · watershed · dry well
- gargoylesgargoyle, grotesques, stone carvings, stone carving, waterspout
- pavingbrick, bricks, asphalt, concrete, pavement
water drainageirrigation
Artificial water supply for agriculture
water supply · water intake · water delivery · flooding · inundation
water drainagewater retention
Body storing excess fluid
water storage · damming · water conservation · ponding · waterlogging
water drainageirrigation
Artificial water supply for agriculture
watering · moistening · hydration · wetting · saturation