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river basin

river basin noun: an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a river or series of rivers.

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Noun

river basin (plural river basins)

An extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a river or series of rivers.

river basin meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Malay

river basin in Tamil

ஆற்று வடுநிலம், ஆற்று வடிநிலம், ஆற்றுப் பெருநிலம்

river basin in Urdu

دریا کی ترائی

river basin in Kannada

river basin: ಜಲಾನಯನ ಪ್ರದೇಶ jalānayana pradēśa

river basin in Malay

river basin: lembangan sungai

Forms of river basin

plural	river basins

Questions about river basin

What does river basin mean?: River basin means an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a river or series of rivers.
What is river basin in Tamil?: River basin in Tamil is ஆற்று வடுநிலம், ஆற்று வடிநிலம், ஆற்றுப் பெருநிலம். See River basin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is river basin?: River basin is a noun.
What is the plural of river basin?: The plural of river basin is river basins.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: river basin (page history and authors); river basin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); river basin (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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