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Descriptor English: Basins
Descriptor Spanish: Cuencas
Descriptor cuencas
Entry term(s) captación
Scope note: Tierra confinada por la divisoria de drenaje que tiene una salida única para su escorrentía superficial. (Material II-IDNDR, 1992). Depresión geográfica o estructural en donde, por lo general, se depositan capas de sedimentos más gruesas que en las zonas adyacentes; las zonas declives tienden a hundirse más fácilmente, en parte debido al peso de los sedimentos más gruesos; el término también describe una zona de aguas relativamente profundas contiguas a las aguas superficiales de las plataformas. (Traducción libre del original: Illinois State Geological Survey - ISGS Glossary of Geologic Terms - http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/tours/outliers/glossary.htm).
Descriptor Portuguese: Bacias
Descriptor French: Bassins Géographiques et Hydrographiques
Entry term(s): Catchment
Tree number(s): SP4.606.837.620.387
Scope note: All land within the confines of a drainage divide. All surface water having a common outlet (Material II - IDNDR, 1992). A topographic or structural low area that generally receives thicker deposits of sediments than adjacent areas; the low areas tend to sink more readily, partly because of the weight of the thicker sediments; the term also denotes an area of relatively deep water adjacent to shallow-water shelf areas. (Illinois State Geological Survey - ISGS Glossary of Geologic Terms - http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/tours/outliers/glossary.htm)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Hydrology MeSH
Interbasin Transfer DeCS
Water Resources MeSH
DeCS ID: 25127
Unique ID: DDCS025127
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Basins - Preferred
Concept UI FD00058106
Scope note All land within the confines of a drainage divide. All surface water having a common outlet (Material II - IDNDR, 1992). A topographic or structural low area that generally receives thicker deposits of sediments than adjacent areas; the low areas tend to sink more readily, partly because of the weight of the thicker sediments; the term also denotes an area of relatively deep water adjacent to shallow-water shelf areas. (Illinois State Geological Survey - ISGS Glossary of Geologic Terms - http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/tours/outliers/glossary.htm)
Preferred term Basins
Entry term(s) Catchment



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