"detention basin" meaning in English

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      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "infiltration basin"
        },
        {
          "word": "retention basin"
        }
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        "A depression in the ground installed on a river or stream, which temporarily fills with rainwater that would otherwise cause flooding or downstream erosion, which can then be released at a controlled rate."
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          "depression"
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          "river",
          "river"
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        [
          "stream",
          "stream"
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          "temporarily",
          "temporarily"
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          "rainwater",
          "rainwater"
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          "flooding",
          "flooding"
        ],
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          "downstream",
          "downstream"
        ],
        [
          "erosion",
          "erosion"
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          "controlled",
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        "(hydrology) A depression in the ground installed on a river or stream, which temporarily fills with rainwater that would otherwise cause flooding or downstream erosion, which can then be released at a controlled rate."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "retarding basin"
        },
        {
          "word": "detention pond"
        },
        {
          "word": "dry pond"
        }
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        "geography",
        "hydrology",
        "natural-sciences"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "滯洪池 /滞洪池"
        }
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  ],
  "word": "detention basin"
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        },
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        "A depression in the ground installed on a river or stream, which temporarily fills with rainwater that would otherwise cause flooding or downstream erosion, which can then be released at a controlled rate."
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          "depression",
          "depression"
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          "river"
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          "stream",
          "stream"
        ],
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          "temporarily"
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          "rainwater",
          "rainwater"
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          "flooding",
          "flooding"
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          "downstream",
          "downstream"
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          "erosion",
          "erosion"
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        "(hydrology) A depression in the ground installed on a river or stream, which temporarily fills with rainwater that would otherwise cause flooding or downstream erosion, which can then be released at a controlled rate."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "retarding basin"
        },
        {
          "word": "detention pond"
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          "word": "dry pond"
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