English [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] drainage basin plural drainage basins
( hydrology ) topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet; a watershed .
Synonyms: ( US ) watershed catchment area catchment basin 1967 Sediment Transport in Cache Creek Drainage Basin in the Coast Ranges West of Sacramento, California , page 2 :The efficient evaluation of these plans, which may include the construction of dams, reservoirs, and settling basins, requires information on sediment transport in the Cache Creek drainage basin .
Translations [ edit ] topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet
Bulgarian: водосборна зона f ( vodosborna zona ) , водосборен басейн m ( vodosboren basejn )
Catalan: conca (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流域 (zh) ( liúyù )
Czech: povodí (cs) n ( of a river or a lake ) , úmoří n ( of a sea or an ocean )
Danish: afvandingsområde (da) n
Dutch: stroomgebied (nl) , spaarbekken (nl) n
Finnish: valuma-alue (fi) , vesistöalue (fi)
French: bassin versant (fr)
Georgian: წყალსაკრები აუზი ( c̣q̇alsaḳrebi auzi ) , წყალსაკრები ფართობი ( c̣q̇alsaḳrebi partobi ) , მდინარის აუზი ( mdinaris auzi )
German: Einzugsgebiet n Wassereinzugsgebiet n
Greek: λεκάνη απορροής (el) f ( lekáni aporroḯs )
Hebrew: אגן היקוות m ( agán hikavút ) , אגן ניקוז (he) m
Hindi: जलविभाजन m ( jalvibhājan )
Hungarian: vízgyűjtő terület (hu)
Italian: bacino idrografico m bacino imbrifero m
Japanese: 流域 (ja) ( りゅういき, ryūiki )
Kannada: ಜಲಾನಯನ ಪ್ರದೇಶ (kn) ( jalānayana pradēśa )
Macedonian: слив m ( sliv )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nedbørfelt n
Nynorsk: nedbørfelt n
Polish: dorzecze (pl) n zlewnia (pl) f
Portuguese: bacia hidrográfica (pt) f
Romanian: bazin de drenaj n bazin hidrografic (ro) n
Russian: бассе́йн (ru) m ( basséjn ) , бассе́йн водоёма m ( basséjn vodojóma ) , водосбо́р (ru) m ( vodosbór ) , водосбо́рная пло́щадь f ( vodosbórnaja plóščadʹ )
Slovak: úvodie n povodie n
Spanish: cuenca hidrográfica f cuenca (es) f
Swedish: flodområde avrinningsområde (sv) n
Vietnamese: lưu vực (vi)
Yiddish: באַסיין m ( baseyn )
