"problemshed" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: problemsheds [plural]
Etymology: From problem + shed, modelled after watershed (“a drainage basin”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|problem|shed}} problem + shed Head templates: {{en-noun}} problemshed (plural problemsheds)
  1. (environmental management, chiefly hydrology) A region particularly relevant to certain ecological and socio-economic problems, especially when viewed as a unit of management and policymaking.

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