A detenetion pond, or "detention basin," is a large, constructed depression in an urban landscape that receives and stores the stormwater runoff from large drainage areas. Detention basins usually ...
Percolation - The downward movement of water from the soil into the rock beneath. Drainage basin - the area of land drained by a river. Channel - the bed and banks that form the route of the river.
A grim discovery was made this morning, November 7 when a resident spotted a body lying in a drainage area next to the road near the intersection of Hendrik Potgieter and Nic Diederichs Road.