Betekenis van:
drainage basin

drainage basin
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • gebied dat op een stroom afwatert
  • the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

Synoniemen

Hyperoniemen

Hyponiemen

drainage basin
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • neerslaggebied
  • the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

Synoniemen

Hyperoniemen

Hyponiemen


Voorbeeldzinnen

  1. Farms in the drainage basin of the Tagliamento river:
  2. farms in the drainage basin of the Tagliamento river:
  3. The development of agriculture in the Baltic Sea drainage basin has likewise caused excessive inputs of fertilisers and organic material leading to advanced eutrophication, and the introduction of non-endemic alien organisms into the environment.
  4. Those factors, as well as continuing human activity, including infrastructure projects directly on and in the immediate vicinity of the coast and in the Baltic Sea drainage basin, and ecologically unsustainable tourism, are degrading the natural environment.
  5. The unsustainable exploitation of fish stocks and climate change are causing the loss of original biodiversity. Those factors, as well as continuing human activity, including infrastructure projects directly on and in the immediate vicinity of the coast and in the Baltic Sea drainage basin, and ecologically unsustainable tourism, are degrading the natural environment.
  6. In line with the objectives of the Seventh Framework Programme, participation by any other countries in BONUS, in particular those countries bordering the Baltic Sea or providing its drainage basin, should be possible where such participation is provided for by the relevant international agreement and where both the Commission and the Participating States agree to it.