Drainage area definition

Drainage area means a geographic area within which stormwater, sediments, or dissolved materials drain to a particular receiving waterbody or to a particular point along a receiving waterbody.
Drainage area means a land area, water area, or both from which runoff flows to a common point.
Drainage area means that area contributing runoff to a single point measured in a horizontal plane, which is enclosed by a ridge line.

Examples of Drainage area in a sentence

  • Developer shall prepare a storm sewer drainage report encompassing all storm sewer systems that contains, at a minimum, the following items: • Drainage area maps for each storm drain inlet with pertinent data, such as boundaries of the drainage area, topographic contours, runoff coefficients, time of concentration, and land use with design curve number and/or design runoff coefficients, discharges, velocities, ponding, and hydraulic grade line data.


More Definitions of Drainage area

Drainage area means the surface area draining storm water run-off.
Drainage area means a geographic area within which stormwater, sediments, or dissolved materials drain to a BMP, a stormwater management system, a particular receiving waterbody or a particular point along a receiving waterbody.
Drainage area means any parcel or parcels of land within the area whose drainage causes or contributes to flood conditions upon or in the vicinity of a designated stream or body of water.
Drainage area means an area declared to be a drainage area pursuant to section 104;
Drainage area means the contributing area to a single point of drainage concentration, expressed in units of area, also called catchment area, watershed, and river basin.
Drainage area means an area of land constituted or deemed to be constituted under this Act as a drainage area.
Drainage area means a geographic area within which water, sediments, and dissolved materials drain to a particular receiving waterbody or to a particular point along a receiving waterbody.