Subject | English | Norwegian Bokmål |
environ. | international river basin Land area drained by a river and its tributaries whose waters are situated in and utilized by two or more countries | flernasjonalt elvebasseng |
environ. | river basin development Any growth, maturation or change in an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries | elvebassengutvikling |
environ. | river bed The channel containing or formerly containing the water of a river | elveleie |
environ. | river channelling The alteration of a natural stream by excavation, realignment, lining or other means to accelerate the flow of water | elvekanalisering |
environ. | river disposal Discharge of solid, liquid or gaseous waste into a river | disponering i elv |
environ. | river management The administration or handling of a waterway or a stream of flowing water | elveforvaltning |
environ. | river pollution The direct or indirect human alteration of the biological, physical, chemical or radiological integrity of river water, or a river ecosystem | forurensning av elver |
gen. | river rafting | elvepadling (Yerkwantai) |
environ. | river transport Transportation of goods or persons by means of ships travelling on rivers | vannveistransport |
environ. | river water Water which flows in a channel from high ground to low ground and ultimately to a lake or the sea, except in a desert area where it may dwindle away to nothing | elvevann |
bot. | river water-crowfoot | kjempevassoleie (Ranunculus fluitans Lam.; Batrachium fluitans (Lam.) Wimm.) |
el.gen. | run-of-river power station | elvekraftstasjon |