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debris basin

debris basin noun: a facility to catch debris flows, to trap vegetative and sedimentary debris, such as gravel, boulders, branches, trunks; but allow water to drain; to prevent destruction from debris inundation and surge front downstream.

Noun

debris basin (plural debris basins)

  1. A facility to catch debris flows, to trap vegetative and sedimentary debris, such as gravel, boulders, branches, trunks; but allow water to drain; to prevent destruction from debris inundation and surge front downstream.

Forms of debris basin

pluraldebris basins

Questions about debris basin

What does debris basin mean?
Debris basin means a facility to catch debris flows, to trap vegetative and sedimentary debris, such as gravel, boulders, branches, trunks; but allow water to drain; to prevent destruction from debris inundation and surge front downstream.
What part of speech is debris basin?
Debris basin is a noun.
What is the plural of debris basin?
The plural of debris basin is debris basins.

Words near debris basin in the dictionary

  1. debrine
  2. debrined
  3. debrines
  4. debrining
  5. debris
  6. debris basin
  7. debris basins
  8. debris field
  9. debris fields
  10. debris mortar
  11. debris mortars

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