river-basin

The establishment of units of water resources governance at the river-basin level, with broad-based stakeholder representation;

Water profile of Namibia 2008

The largest river-basin included in it is that of the Neva in the east, and next in size come the Vistula and the Oder in the south.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

Boats could be conveyed over flat and easy portages from one river-basin to another, and these portages with a relatively small amount of labor were gradually changed into navigable channels, so that even now the canals are more important than many of the railways as arteries of commerce.

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

The small portion of the river-basin of the Great Ouse which is within our area has rather less rain than the average for the county.

Hertfordshire Herbert Winckworth Tompkins 1901

Before the Conference met, the United States took the decisive step of recognising the rights of the Association to the government of that river-basin (April 10, 1884) -- a proceeding which ought to have secured to the United States an abiding influence on the affairs of the State which they did so much to create.

The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898

Thus, by means of an elaborate system of canals, goods are transferred by water, from one river-basin to another, so that practically all the navigable streams of western Europe are connected.

Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895

Starting with the same river-basin as before, the geographic panorama now gains a new and deeper interest.

Civics: as Applied Sociology Patrick Geddes 1893

Depression ": this geological feature, that cuts off the river-basin from its natural outlet, the Gulf of Eloth (Akabah), must date from myriads of years before there were" Cities of the

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Maury estimates the annual amount of precipitation in the valley of the Mississippi at 620 cubic miles, the discharge of that river into the sea at 107 cubic miles, and concludes that "this would leave 513 cubic miles of water to be evaporated from this river-basin annually."

The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841

China ought to build institutionalized, cooperative river-basin arrangements with downstream states.

Chinalyst - China blogs in English paul adkins 2010