watershed 和river basins区别

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请帮忙解释一下watershed 和river basins区别,二者都表示‘流域’,流域管理就是watershed management,但是river basin management 用的也很多,请问二者有什么区别:
1. 或者从英文用法解释
2. 或者从学理角度解释

最好著名解释的根据。
谢谢!

查了一下韦氏字典
watershed多指划分的支流(divide)或者特定的支流或河流的某一段,例如turning point;
river basin的范围比较广,可以泛指所有的河流水体,尤其是大的江河的整个水系。

个人理解:watershed management针对某个城市或行政区域中河流流域的管理控制;river basin management针对整个河流的控制,包括从源头到入海口。

下面给你watershed和basin两个词在韦氏的原版解释:
watershed:
1 a : DIVIDE 2a b : a region or area bounded peripherally by a divide and draining ultimately to a particular watercourse or body of water
2 : a crucial dividing point, line, or factor : TURNING POINT

basin:
1 a : an open usually circular vessel with sloping or curving sides used typically for holding water for washing b chiefly British : a bowl used especially in cooking c : the quantity contained in a basin
2 a : a dock built in a tidal river or harbor b : an enclosed or partly enclosed water area
3 a : a large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor b : the entire tract of country drained by a river and its tributaries c : a great de