river basin

English

Noun

river basin (plural river basins)

(geography) An extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a river or series of rivers.

Translations

river basin

Irish: abhantrach f
Italian: bacino fluviale m
Kannada: ಜಲಾನಯನ ಪ್ರದೇಶ (kn) (jalānayana pradēśa)
Kazakh: өзен алабы (özen alaby)
Lithuanian: upýnas m
Malay: lembangan sungai
Norwegian:
Bokmål: elvebekken n

Nynorsk: elvebekken n
Romanian: bazin fluvial n

See also

drainage basin

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