River Basin
river systema river system.
I believe that the majority of the Amazon River Basin has a shifting cultivation agricultural system.
A river system that operates inside a drainage basin. A drainage basin is the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.
the land drained by a river system
Basin
Basin
A river basin is any area of land that drains into a river system. The Amazon Basin is one specific river basin, namely all the land that drains into the Amazon River system (meaning: including all the streams and creeks that in turn flow into the Amazon.)
Drainage basin.
The Amazon with a drainage basin of 2,270,000 square miles.
The area of land drained by a river is called a "catchment area". It is so-called because is the the area that catches the precipitation (rainfall).Another term is "river basin", but this is less specific.(The geographical term, "catchment area", is often used to describe the area served by, say, a school or hospital).
An area drained by a river or river system is called a drainage basin.