• n.
    ⦿the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet
    lexical concept
  • flood control in the Missouri basin

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:basin
  2. enl:catchment area
  3. enl:catchment basin
  4. enl:drainage area
  5. enl:drainage basin
  6. enl:river basin
  7. enl:watershed
wn:interlingual indexili:i81821

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • basincatchment areacatchment basindrainage areadrainage basinriver basinwatershed
  • catchment areacatchment basindrainage areadrainage basinriver basin