Drainage basin. Example of a drainage basin. The dashed line is the main water divide of the hydrographic basin. A drainage basin or catchment area is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.
Word Origin and History for monochrome Expand. n. 1660s, painting or drawing done in different tints of a single color, from Greek monochromos of a single color, from monos single, alone (see mono-) + khroma (genitive khromatos) color, complexion, skin (see chroma). As an adjective from 1849. Photographic sense is recorded from 1940.
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