integrated drainage

integrated drainage
   A general term for a drainage pattern in which stream systems have developed to the point where all parts of the landscape drain into some part of a stream system, the initial or original surfaces have essentially disappeared and the region drains to a common base level. Few or no closed drainage systems are present.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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