The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet.
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Examples for "basin"
Examples for "basin"
1Declared and secret energy agreements with Russia, Caspian basin countries, and others.
2The basin in which the Crisis lay was entirely fringed with forest.
3The rain is heaviest in the Takazze basin in July and August.
4The state sits atop the Marcellus Shale, a large natural gas basin.
5At one time this State had aspirations to drain the Shannon basin.
1This year, especially, could mark a watershed moment in the political arena.
2Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha is calling the new strategy a watershed moment.
3Says O'Connor: Now is a watershed moment for Ireland on insurance reform.
4The rout in European financial markets last week was a watershed event.
5This week has been a watershed moment for the discourse on alcohol.
1Flash floods usually arise when rain falls over a small catchment basin.
2Its value as a flood catchment basin is somewhat uncertain, as it is used as a storage feeder for Morris Canal.
3Not a drop of liquid is to leave the catchment basin; it is exactly the reverse of what we desire in Europe.
4A spokesman for Dublin Port said the leaked fuel was contained within a catchment basin beside the tank purpose-built to handle such incidents.
5Samples of feces, wastewater from catchment basins, and soil where wastewater was applied were collected from CONV and RWA feedlot and dairy farms.
1The Pompton River has a drainage area above Mountain View of 420 square miles.
2The drainage area above this point is 114 square miles.
3Mr Deery fell about 800 feet into a drainage area near the town of Wanaka.
4With too little drainage area the earth in a pot gets clogged and very often sour.
5Piecemeal operations within each lesser drainage area can be self-defeating or, at the very least, needlessly expensive.
1But efforts to build hydroelectric dams in the Tapajós river basin continue.
2Severe flooding hit the Yangtze river basin in China this week.
3The Harirud river basin is shared by Afghanistan, Iran and Turkmenistan.
4The river basin showed luxuriant grassy slopes and immense sugar plantations.
5Nestled into the side of a mountain, it overlooks the Liffey river basin.
1The willows in the Arctic drainage basin shrink to shrubs scarcely knee-high.
2Table showing detailed facts regarding possible reservoir sites on Passaic drainage basin.
3The drainage basin of Passaic River is admirably adapted to the development of the conservation system.
4Its drainage basin, including in this its own area, is estimated to be about five hundred square miles.
5To possess one-half the drainage basin of the valley would have led to constant conflict with the owners of the other half.
1There's been deliberate management of that catchment area and its high-value homes.
2Local Authorities say their water catchment area was excluded from the 1080 bombardment.
3The view changes dramatically, though, if heavy rain falls in the catchment area.
4The study was conducted in 4 riparian communities within the dam catchment area.
5Then each child lives in the catchment area of a number of schools.
6We went for a little trip over the dam's catchment area.
7The school in question takes approximately 120 pupils a year from its catchment area.
8Assuming a catchment area of some 100 miles, the answer is a great deal.
9Let us assume each school has a defined catchment area.
10MANY householders will be poorer in two weeks' time, particularly in the Dublin catchment area.
11Experts will concentrate on a very small catchment area.
12Trucks navigate crowded roads as resorts without their own catchment area bring in water from reservoirs.
13More than 2000 hectares of rain catchment area has been cleared for development, the spokesman said.
14Cost did not influence adherence except within a catchment area of facilities that charged for services.
15The Berg River catchment area is likely to receive over 10mm, feeding the facilities in Franschhoek.
16Sir, - In January and February there was extensive slurry spreading in the Sheelin catchment area.
Translations for catchment area