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Meanings of catchment basin in anglès

portuguès
bacia hidrográfica
català
dàrsena
espanyol
cuenca

The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet.

      dàrsena
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      Examples for "basin"
      1
      Declared and secret energy agreements with Russia, Caspian basin countries, and others.
      The Guardian
      2
      The basin in which the Crisis lay was entirely fringed with forest.
      Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale
      3
      The rain is heaviest in the Takazze basin in July and August.
      The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
      4
      The state sits atop the Marcellus Shale, a large natural gas basin.
      Reuters
      5
      At one time this State had aspirations to drain the Shannon basin.
      The Irish Times
      1
      This year, especially, could mark a watershed moment in the political arena.
      The South African
      2
      Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha is calling the new strategy a watershed moment.
      Radio NZ
      3
      Says O'Connor: Now is a watershed moment for Ireland on insurance reform.
      The Irish Times
      4
      The rout in European financial markets last week was a watershed event.
      The Irish Times
      5
      This week has been a watershed moment for the discourse on alcohol.
      The South African
      1
      A flood watch was issued for the northern, eastern and southeast river catchment.
      News.com.au
      2
      Around 90mm is forecast for the region, which is great news for the local river catchment system.
      The South African
      3
      What river catchment do you live in?
      The Irish Times
      4
      The river catchment was given a C-plus mark yesterday with the release of the first five year report card on its health and well-being.
      Radio NZ
      5
      Farmers living in river catchment areas have urged the Government to deliver a plan to tackle the flooding problem for once and for all.
      The Irish Times
      1
      There's been deliberate management of that catchment area and its high-value homes.
      The Guardian
      2
      Local Authorities say their water catchment area was excluded from the 1080 bombardment.
      Radio NZ
      3
      The view changes dramatically, though, if heavy rain falls in the catchment area.
      News.com.au
      4
      The study was conducted in 4 riparian communities within the dam catchment area.
      Pubmed
      5
      Then each child lives in the catchment area of a number of schools.
      The Irish Times
      1
      The Pompton River has a drainage area above Mountain View of 420 square miles.
      The Passaic Flood of 1903
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      The drainage area above this point is 114 square miles.
      The Passaic Flood of 1903
      3
      Mr Deery fell about 800 feet into a drainage area near the town of Wanaka.
      The Irish Times
      4
      With too little drainage area the earth in a pot gets clogged and very often sour.
      The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
      5
      Piecemeal operations within each lesser drainage area can be self-defeating or, at the very least, needlessly expensive.
      State of the Union Addresses
      1
      But efforts to build hydroelectric dams in the Tapajós river basin continue.
      Reuters
      2
      Severe flooding hit the Yangtze river basin in China this week.
      The Guardian
      3
      The Harirud river basin is shared by Afghanistan, Iran and Turkmenistan.
      Reuters
      4
      The river basin showed luxuriant grassy slopes and immense sugar plantations.
      Across Unknown South America
      5
      Nestled into the side of a mountain, it overlooks the Liffey river basin.
      The Irish Times
      1
      The willows in the Arctic drainage basin shrink to shrubs scarcely knee-high.
      The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
      2
      Table showing detailed facts regarding possible reservoir sites on Passaic drainage basin.
      The Passaic Flood of 1903
      3
      The drainage basin of Passaic River is admirably adapted to the development of the conservation system.
      The Passaic Flood of 1903
      4
      Its drainage basin, including in this its own area, is estimated to be about five hundred square miles.
      The Lake of the Sky / Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of Californ...
      5
      To possess one-half the drainage basin of the valley would have led to constant conflict with the owners of the other half.
      The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830
      Usage of catchment basin in anglès
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      Flash floods usually arise when rain falls over a small catchment basin.
      Radio NZ
      2
      Its value as a flood catchment basin is somewhat uncertain, as it is used as a storage feeder for Morris Canal.
      The Passaic Flood of 1903
      3
      Not a drop of liquid is to leave the catchment basin; it is exactly the reverse of what we desire in Europe.
      Fountains in the Sand: Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia
      4
      A spokesman for Dublin Port said the leaked fuel was contained within a catchment basin beside the tank purpose-built to handle such incidents.
      The Irish Times
      5
      Samples of feces, wastewater from catchment basins, and soil where wastewater was applied were collected from CONV and RWA feedlot and dairy farms.
      Pubmed
      Translations for catchment basin