"debris basin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: debris basins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} debris basin (plural debris basins)
  1. A facility to catch debris flows, to trap vegetative and sedimentary debris, such as gravel, boulders, branches, trunks; but allow water to drain; to prevent destruction from debris inundation and surge front downstream. Coordinate_terms: dam, weir, grizzly bar, grizzly, water gate, sedimentation pond
    Sense id: en-debris_basin-en-noun-MEDwTISX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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