"river basin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: river basins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} river basin (plural river basins)
  1. (geography) An extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a river or series of rivers. Wikipedia link: river basin Categories (topical): Geography Related terms: catchment area, drainage basin Translations (river basin): abhantrach [feminine] (Irish), bacino fluviale [masculine] (Italian), ಜಲಾನಯನ ಪ್ರದೇಶ (jalānayana pradēśa) (Kannada), өзен алабы (özen alaby) (Kazakh), upýnas [masculine] (Lithuanian), lembangan sungai (Malay), elvebekken [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), elvebekken [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bazin fluvial [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-river_basin-en-noun-TEEQJVaC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Kazakh terms with redundant script codes Topics: geography, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for river basin meaning in English (2.2kB)

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