1. occurring between or connecting different drainage basins or watersheds
Usage: technical; geography

Examples

• The interbasin water transfer project will move water from the Colorado River to the Rio Grande basin.
• Engineers studied the environmental impact of the proposed interbasin pipeline.
• Interbasin diversions can affect fish migration patterns.
• The state approved funding for an interbasin water conveyance system.
• Scientists monitored interbasin groundwater flow between the two aquifers.
• The interbasin transfer helped alleviate drought conditions in the receiving watershed.