Usually means: Area drained by a river.
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  1. river basin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. river basin: Merriam-Webster
  3. river basin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. river basin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. river basin: Vocabulary.com
  6. river-basin: Wordnik
  7. river basin: Wiktionary
  8. river basin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. river basin: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. river basin: Dictionary.com
  11. River Basin, River basin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. river basin: Rhymezone
  13. river basin: FreeDictionary.org
  14. river basin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. river basin: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. river basin: Encyclopedia

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (river basin)

▸ noun:  (geography) An extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a river or series of rivers.

Similar:
basin, riverbed, river mouth, river bottom, river, river bed, river-bed, riuer, riverain, river water, more...

Opposite:
watershed, upland, highland, hill, mountain

Phrases:
Powder River Basin, Columbia River drainage basin, Hydropower in the Mekong River Basin, Water politics in the Jordan River basin, more...

Adjectives:
ripe, creek, watershed, distributary, riverain, shallow, bluff, brim, lead, leveed, shelving

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Similar:
basin, riverbed, river mouth, river bottom, river, river bed, river-bed, riuer, riverain, river water, more...

Opposite:
watershed, upland, highland, hill, mountain

Phrases:
Powder River Basin, Columbia River drainage basin, Hydropower in the Mekong River Basin, Water politics in the Jordan River basin, more...

Adjectives:
ripe, creek, watershed, distributary, riverain, shallow, bluff, brim, lead, leveed, shelving



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