Translation of "Flussbecken" in English

The basin at the foot of the falls is 17 meters (56 ft) deep.

Well, there's an access road above the river basin near Diller Canyon.

The Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary is actually comprised by two adjacent geographic basins.

Each river basin would have a specific managementplan.

It is the water-rich river and has the largest river basin.

Both river basins are the lifelines for some 27 million people.

The water framework directive applies to river basins, whereas the bathing water directive has a very local scope.

This is the largest undeveloped river basin on the planet, spanning an area larger than California.

The reward for the hike up is a series of pools in the river with cool, clear water.

The outdoor facilities, slide, river basin, Olympic pool and the small children's pool remain closed in winter.

The Huang He river basin is one of China's most important and dynamic economic regions.

The Gunt River flows out of Lake Yashilkul and reaches the Panj (the Amudarya River basin).

As a social democrat, I voted for this report because the EUR 11.8 million allocated through the budget adjustment supports Romania in its effort to adapt to climate change in order to eliminate the effects of the floods by carrying out local protection work (protecting populated settlements, river basin planning through works for improving streams and increasing forested areas) and, last but not least, by involving the population and educating them about appropriate behaviour before, during and after the floods.

One reason is the rain, of course, but another is that no measures to retain this water temporarily have been taken in the upper river basin.

This entails striving to reach mutual agreements across the whole river basin, introducing some of our own say into these programmes - with regard to transport, ecology and economy - and tackling some things together.

A range of actions were defined as targets for special support to the Member States, with a view to remedying situations of risk in areas such as forest management, the protection and defence of the coastline, restoring and protecting river basins, the protection and remodelling of populated areas which are particularly vulnerable to certain types of catastrophes and the maintenance of farming activities in the areas affected by depopulation and which are at risk of natural disasters.

We must thank him for his flexibility and his sensitivity in listening to the different fleets fishing eel during all of the phases of their lives and in habitats and river basins that vary enormously throughout Europe.

But when we vote tomorrow, a great deal of attention will be focused on just one aspect of the report, the Spanish hydrological scheme to build 120 dams and transfer vast quantities of water from one river basin to another.

This aspect was covered thoroughly in Mr Lannoye's report, and in my own report, I, too, have, for example, stressed that it is important for essential goods such as water not to be left to market forces alone and that the European Union should pursue a policy of public funding not only for water distribution, but also to bring about the democratisation of water management as regards the management of springs, rivers and basins.

I strongly support the rejection of a 15-day closure per month and I favour eel management plans that are specific to each individual river basin, rather than established on a national basis.

FAO is currently assisting an extensive range of international basin organizations and regional organizations, such as the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in the formulation and implementation of joint water resource management strategies.

And by applying remote sensing technology to river basins, we can determine how much surface water is available and who is consuming what.

Leopards from the Amur river basin, the mountains of north-eastern China and the Korean peninsula have pale cream-colored coats, particularly in winter.