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noun
A region particularly relevant to certain ecological and socio-economic problems, especially when viewed as a unit of management and policymaking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: environmental management
Topics: geography, hydrology, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From problem + shed, modelled after watershed (“a drainage basin”).
