RIVER BASIN Definition & Meaning

river basin

noun

Physical Geography.

the area of land drained by a river and its branches.

river basin

The land area that is drained by a river and its tributaries. The Mississippi River basin, for example, is a vast area that covers much of the central United States from the central ranges of the Appalachian Mountains in the east to the eastern ranges of the Rocky Mountains in the west, funneling toward its delta in southern Louisiana and emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of river basin¹

First recorded in 1875–80

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A 2022 study by the University of Nottingham lists pollution - from oil production and other industrial and domestic sources - as one factor among several, including climate change, that are degrading the Magdalena river basin.

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The government, it said, should explore alternative irrigation methods in the river basin.

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They say "Yana" - who has been named after the river basin where she was discovered - is the world's best-preserved mammoth carcass.

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Prevent conflict through international treaties and intergovernmental management of transboundary river basins -- for example, the Indus Waters Treaty between Pakistan and India, and Peru and Bolivia's joint governance of Lake Titicaca.

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Gold added that the exploratory modeling methodology also provides a roadmap for other work exploring drought vulnerability in institutionally complex river basins across the globe.

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