| 单词 | river basin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver basin river basin n. Physical Geography the tract of country drained by a river and its tributaries, divided from neighbouring ones by a watershed; cf. basin n. 11. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near river > [noun] > catchment area valleyc1790 basin1804 river basin1824 watershed1839 catchment1844 catchment basin1844 drainage1866 gathering-ground1877 drainage-basin1882 catchment area2001 1824 Geogr., Hist., & Statist. Repository 1 74 This uncertainty, however, which attends the limits of the formations, does not extend to the river basins. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 19 A map..completely divided into river-basins. 1939 E. D. Laborde tr. E. de Martonne Shorter Physical Geogr. (rev. ed.) xi. 152 In every river basin there is a close connection between the main stream and its tributaries and sub-tributaries. 1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 Apr. 37 (advt.) Explores the hydropolitics of six of the world's largest river basins—Nile, Parana–La Plata, Jordan, Euphrates–Tigris, Ganges–Brahmaputra–Barak, Mekong. < as lemmas |
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