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  • adjective Occurring throughout a basin

Etymologies

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basin +‎ -wide

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Examples

  • The objective of TECCONILE was to enable sustainable development of Nile waters through basinwide cooperation and equitable use of water.

    Regional cooperation for peace and sustainable development in Africa 2008

  • The record of annual counts of basinwide North Atlantic hurricanes is incomplete prior to 1946.

    Holland and Webster Figure 1 « Climate Audit 2006

  • Under the assumption that the proportion of basinwide hurricanes that make landfall is constant over time, it is possible to use the record of landfalling hurricanes to extend a test for trend in basinwide hurricane activity beyond the postwar period.

    Holland and Webster Figure 1 « Climate Audit 2006

  • The results show no significant trend in basinwide hurricane activity over the period 1900–98.

    Holland and Webster Figure 1 « Climate Audit 2006

  • The results suggest that there has been a significant reduction in basinwide hurricane activity over the period 1930–98.

    Holland and Webster Figure 1 « Climate Audit 2006

  • Yet Phillips sees the bigger problem coming: I am not going to kid myself that doing something on CSOs in the last 5 percent of the effort is going to make a dent in Puget Sound on a basinwide basis.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • In the first week of April, the Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority will unveil a revised version of what could become a uniform basinwide flood-hazard-management plan, according to

    The News Tribune Blogs 2010

  • (PDI is the cube of the instantaneous tropical cyclone wind speed integrated over the life of all storms in a given season; more intense and frequent basinwide hurricane activity lead to higher PDI values.)

    Climate Progress Guest 2010

  • Most researchers agree that large-scale, basinwide floods are largely attributable to catastrophic precipitation, not the presence of subsurface or surface drainage systems, tile drainage expert Gary Sands, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota, said.

    GazetteOnline.com 2010

  • (PDI is the cube of the instantaneous tropical cyclone wind speed integrated over the life of all storms in a given season; more intense and frequent basinwide hurricane activity lead to higher PDI values.)

    Center for American Progress Action Fund Guest 2010

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