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drainage

[drey-nij] / ˈdreɪ nɪdʒ /


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Its carefully planned streets and advanced brick drainage systems indicate that resources were directed toward shared infrastructure rather than monuments celebrating rulers or religious elites.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

By measuring the chemistry of rivers draining the mines, they quantified the extent of acid mine drainage and how much of the water was neutralized through mineral reactions that produce carbon dioxide.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

The researchers found they could identify those whose drainage systems were struggling.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

The human urge to build right to the shoreline — whether it’s the coastal highway or a bluff-top home — also affects erosion by altering water drainage and adding weight to the cliff.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The river of pus continued to ooze out the drainage tubes.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

"During these drainages, extensive triangular fracture fields with cracks in the ice formed from 2019 onwards, which are shaped differently from all lake drainages I have seen so far," Humbert said.

From Science Daily Jan. 5, 2026

“Mud, rock and debris flows will have the potential to impact drainages, roads and residences in and directly below the burn area.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2025

Ghuge, the manager at Ola's Thane workshop, said reported service issues included battery drainages, software glitches and damaged wires.

From Reuters Nov. 28, 2023

It cites environmental concerns associated with the construction, claiming Arizona has "cut down and removed scores of trees, clogged drainages, and degraded the habitat of species listed under the Endangered Species Act".

From BBC Dec. 15, 2022

Guianas and Amazon Basin; also in the upper Orinoco and Magdalena drainages.

From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman




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