Concept information

Preferred term

drainage  

Definition

  • 1) Removal of groundwater or surface water, or of water from structures, by gravity or pumping. 2) The discharge of water from a soil by percolation (the process by which surface water moves downwards through cracks, joints and pores in soil and rocks).

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URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2319

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