System · Rationale

River basin

Natural ecosystem comprising the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries, whose land and water condition governs flow regimes.

Definition source: Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

Synonyms

drainage basin

Broader

Natural ecosystem

Narrower

Watershed

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.

Example of use

Climate context: sensitive to climate-driven changes in rainfall and runoff.

Provenance

Domain expert; Restructure (v5)

Identifier

SYS_080 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_080
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_080)