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 � Map from: http://www.arpa.veneto.it/temi-ambientali/acqua/acque-interne/bacino-scolante-1� �Lagoon – lat.lacus, "lake" –international name for an enclosed, shallow embayment of salt water��The drainage basin, also known as ‘’ Il bacino scolante’’ is the area where the surface water network ( under conditions of normal flow )flows in the lagoon of Venice.�The surface of the drainage basin is composed of two areas:��the territories of the tributaries of the river basin surface waters which open in the lagoon of Venice;��the territories that affect water bodies draining of the lagoon of Venice by the spring waters, identified as Charge Area.�