river basin

English

The Amazon river basin

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.

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

See also

• catchment area
• drainage basin