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  • 21Choluteca river basin — The Choluteca river basin lies on the hot and dry southern Pacific coast of Honduras, and is bordered by Nicaragua to the east. The name Choluteca, thought to mean ‘broad valley,’ originates from the indigenous Chorotega tribe who inhabited the… …

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  • 22Murray-Darling Basin — The Murray Darling Basin is 3,375km long, drains one seventh of the Australian land mass, and is currently by far the most significant agricultural area in Australia. The name of the basin is derived from its two major rivers, the Murray River… …

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  • 23Murray-Darling basin — Map of the Murray Darling Basin The Murray Darling basin is a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, whose name is derived from its two major rivers, the Murray River and the Darling River. It drains one seventh of the …

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  • 24Waranga Basin — Infobox lake lake name = Waranga Basin image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Shire of Campaspe, Victoria coords = coord|36|33|S|145|06|E|type:waterbody region:AU VIC|display=inline,title type = reservoir… …

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  • 25Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act — The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, Public Law 93 320, and the laws authorizing three other conservation cost sharing programs were begun June 24, 1974. In the 1996 farm bill, Public Law 104 127, they were repealed and replaced by a… …

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  • 26Endorheic basin — NASA photo of the endorheic Tarim Basin Endorheic basin showing waterflo …

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  • 27Tarim Basin — The Tarim Basin (zh cp|c=塔里木|p=Talimu ) is a large endorheic basin occupying an area of more than 400,000 km². It is located in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China s far west. Its northern boundary is the Tian Shan mountain range and… …

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  • 28Uintah Basin — The Uintah Basin, also spelled Uinta Basin, is a physiographic section of the larger Colorado Plateaus province, which in turn is part of the larger Intermontane Plateaus physiographic division.cite web |title=Physiographic divisions of the… …

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  • 29Mekong River Basin Hydropower — Existing, under construction and planned hydropower dams in the Mekong River Basin. The estimated hydropower potential of the lower Mekong Basin (i.e. excluding China) is 30,000 MW,[1] while that of the upper Mekong Basin is 28,930 MW …

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  • 30Sistan Basin — The Sistan Basin is an inland endorheic basin encompassing large parts of south western Afghanistan and south eastern Iran, one of the driest regions in the world and an area subjected to prolonged droughts. Its watershed is a system of rivers… …

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