river basin
English
Noun
river
basin
(
plural
river basins
)
(
geography
)
An extent of land where
water
from
rain
or
snow
melt drains downhill into a river or series of rivers.
Translations
river basin
Irish:
abhantrach
f
Italian:
bacino fluviale
m
Kannada:
ಜಲಾನಯನ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
(kn)
(
jalānayana pradēśa
)
Kazakh:
өзен алабы
(
özen alaby
)
Lithuanian:
upýnas
m
Malay:
lembangan sungai
Norwegian:
Bokmål:
elvebekken
n
Nynorsk:
elvebekken
n
Polish:
zlewnia
(pl)
f
Romanian:
bazin fluvial
n
Slovene:
porečje
n
Ukrainian:
басейн рiчки
m
(
basejn ričky
)
See also
catchment area
drainage basin