drainage system

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drainage system

Rivers, streams, and other inland water features.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Noun 1. drainage system - a system of watercourses or drains for carrying off excess water
system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
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Islamabad -- The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Friday released 111,200 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 68,300 cusecs.
IRSA releases 111,200 cusecs water
ISLAMABAD -- The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Sunday released 215,800 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 153,600 cusecs.
IRSA releases 215,800 cusecs water
In Sweden, he and his colleagues obtained DNA from 31 beavers, 25 that lived in the same river system and six from varying distances away.
In Sweden, the beavers are all cousins
ISLAMABAD -- The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Sunday released 312,000 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 267,900 cusecs.
IRSA releases 312,000 cusecs water
Another team maintains no such river system ever existed.
Rivers in the sand; the ancient Sahara may have harbored waterways and prehistoric humans
According to Indus River System Authority (IRSA) water inflow in Indus River at Tarbela was recorded as 302,200 cusecs against outflow of 274,600 cusecs.
Water inflow in major rivers jump to 511,700 cusecs

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