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Preferred term

river basin

Is replaced by

river basin

Definition

[Van der Westhuizen] The river basin is a geographical unit that defines an area where various users of the basin's\ \ water interact, and where most of them live. A basin perspective helps include in the analysis the\ \ interactions among various types of water uses and users, and in the process, it helps in better\ \ understanding the physical, environmental, social and economic influences that impinge on the\ \ productivity of agricultural water management...

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Entry terms

river basins

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0915

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Created 10/12/16, last modified 3/21/22

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