Preferred term
drainage
Definition
- [GEMET] 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).
Broader concept
Note
- [controlled by ] Lars Lundin 20130614
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Arabic
- صرف صحي
Bulgarian
- Отводняване
Chinese
- 排水
Croatian
- odvodnja
Czech
- odvodňování
Danish
- dræn
Dutch
- afwatering
Estonian
- kuivendus
Finnish
- kuivatus, ojitus, salaojitus
French
- drainage
German
- Entwässerung
Greek
- (απο)στράγγιση
Hungarian
- drénezés
Italian
- drenaggio
Japanese
- 排水
Latvian
- drenāža
Lithuanian
- drenažas
Norwegian
- drenering
Polish
- osuszanie
Portuguese
- drenagem
Romanian
- drenaj
Slovak
- drenáž
Slovenian
- odtok, odvodnja
Spanish
- drenaje
Swedish
- dränering
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21296