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Drainage Basins

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A drainage basin is an area that drains all precipitation received as a runoff or base flow (groundwater ...

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A drainage basin is an area that drains all precipitation received as a runoff or base flow (groundwater sources) into a particular river or set of rivers. Canada’s major drainage regions are the Atlantic Ocean, Hudson Bay, Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

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