Endogenous rivers often do not reach the sea but drain into inland basins, where the water evaporates or is lost in the ground.

内源河流通常不会流入大海，而是流入内陆盆地；在那里，水会蒸发或流失到地下。

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These fields drain into the river.

这些田里的水排泄到河里。

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Springs and rivers that drain into lakes carry dissolved nitrates and phosphates.

流入湖中的泉水和河水携带了溶于水的硝酸盐和磷酸盐。

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To do this, they need to reverse the brain drain into foreign outfits or offshore-services firms.

ECONOMIST: Intellectual property in India

Deposits of fine tin too small to mine were allowed to drain into rivers and into the sea.

BBC: Row over Cornwall seabed tin sifting plan

Hundreds of millions of gallons plunge every minute over a 176-foot ledge, as Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie one-fifth of the world's freshwater drain into Lake Ontario and out to sea.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Inventing Niagara'