subwatershed

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ watershed

Noun

subwatershed (plural subwatersheds)

  1. Any of several parts of a watershed that drains to a specific location
    • 2015 July 18, “Urban Stream Burial Increases Watershed-Scale Nitrate Export”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0132256:
      Model simulations were conducted in the Gwynns Falls Watershed (171 km 2 ), Maryland, USA, a subwatershed that discharges to the Chesapeake Bay. The three streams included in the Pennino et al.
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