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"roman": "c̣q̇alsaḳrebi auzi",
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"roman": "basséjn vodojóma",
"sense": "topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бассе́йн водоёма"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vodosbór",
"sense": "topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "водосбо́р"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vodosbórnaja plóščadʹ",
"sense": "topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "водосбо́рная пло́щадь"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "úvodie"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "povodie"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cuenca hidrográfica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cuenca"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet",
"word": "flodområde"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "avrinningsområde"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet",
"word": "lưu vực"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "baseyn",
"sense": "topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "באַסיין"
}
],
"word": "drainage basin"
}
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