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Significados de catchment basin em inglês

português
bacia hidrográfica
catalão
dàrsena
espanhol
cuenca

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

      bacia hidrográfica
      Uso de catchment basin em inglês
      1
      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