System · Rationale

Watershed

Sub-area of a river basin draining to a common outlet; a distinct hydrological unit within the larger basin.

Definition source: AGROVOC: watersheds (Integrated Water Resources Management)

Synonyms

catchment

Broader

River basin

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Provenance

Domain expert; Lexicon consensus

Identifier

SYS_049 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_049
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_049)