interior drainage

noun

, Physical Geography.

1. a drainage system whose waters do not continue to the ocean either on the surface or underground, but evaporate within the land area.

Example Sentences

The Great Basin is so designated because it is a region of interior drainage—that is, it does not send any tribute to the sea.

From Project Gutenberg

These deserts are in interior drainage basins far from oceans and have a wide range of annual temperatures.

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