open depression

open depression
   A generic name for any enclosed or low area that has a surface drainage outlet whereby surface water can leave the enclosure; an area of lower ground indicated on a topographic map by contour lines forming an incomplete loop or basin indicating at least one surface exit.
   Compare: closed depression.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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