RIVER BASIN
Dictionary entry overview: What does river basin mean? • RIVER BASIN (noun)
The noun RIVER BASIN has 1 sense:
1. the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries
Familiarity information: RIVER BASIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RIVER BASIN (noun)
Meaning:
The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
river basin; basin
Context example:
flood control in the Missouri basin
Hypernyms ("river basin" is a kind of...):
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
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