The extensive stretch of flattish country drained or watered by one or other of the larger river-systems of the world.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near river > [noun] > catchment area (10) valleyc1790 The extensive stretch of flattish country drained or watered by one or other of the larger river-systems of the world. basin1804 Physical Geography. The tract of country drained by a river and its tributaries, or which drains into a particular lake or sea. river basin1824 the tract of country drained by a river and its tributaries, divided from neighbouring ones by a watershed; cf. basin, n. 11. watershed1839 Now chiefly North American. (a) The slope down which the water flows from a water-parting; (b) the gathering ground of a river system; a catchment… catchment1844 The area of land drained by a particular river system, reservoir, or other body of water; a drainage basin; = catchment area, n. 1, catchment basin… catchment basin1844 The area of land drained by a particular river system, reservoir, or other body of water; a drainage basin; = catchment, n. 1, catchment area, n.… drainage1866 An area drained; a river valley or drainage basin. gathering-ground1877 region from which the feeding waters of a river or a reservoir are collected. drainage-basin1882 the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries; a catchment area; = basin, n. 11. catchment area2001 The area of land drained by a particular river system, reservoir, or other body of water; a drainage basin; = catchment, n. 1, catchment basin, n.… |
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