interior drainage
nounPhysical Geography.
a drainage system whose waters do not continue to the ocean either on the surface or underground, but evaporate within the land area.
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How to use interior drainage in a sentence
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.
North America | Israel C. RussellThese deserts are in interior drainage basins far from oceans and have a wide range of annual temperatures.
Deserts | A. S. Walker
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