catchment basin

English

Noun

catchment basin (plural catchment basins)

(hydrology) A topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet.

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Translations

region

Chinese:
Mandarin: 集水盆地 (jíshuǐ péndì)
Dutch: stroombekken n, stroomgebied (nl) n, rivierbekken n
Finnish: valuma-alue (fi)
French: bassin versant (fr) m
Georgian: წყალსაკრები აუზი (c̣q̇alsaḳrebi auzi)
Greek: λεκάνη απορροής (el) f (lekáni aporroḯs)

Italian: bacino imbrifero m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nedbørfelt n

Nynorsk: nedbørfelt n
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: bazin de captare n

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