English Explanatory Dictionary

debris basin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A facility to catch debris flows, to trap vegetative and sedimentary debris, such as gravel, boulders, branches, trunks; but allow water to drain; to prevent destruction from debris inundation and surge front downstream.

Word forms

debris basin debris basins
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