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drainage system
Definition

A surface stream, or a body of impounded surface water, together with all other such streams and water bodies that are tributary to it and by which a region is drained. An artificial drainage system includes also surface and subsurface conduits.

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Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/11231