daerah aliran sungai
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== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Compound of daerah (“area”) + aliran (“flow”) + sungai (“river”), calque of Dutch stroomgebied (“catchment area, catchment basin, drainage basin, watershed”, literally “flow area”).
=== Noun ===
daerah aliran sungai (plural daerah-daerah aliran sungai)
(hydrology) catchment area, catchment basin, drainage basin, river basin, water basin, watershed
Synonyms: lembangan perparitan (Malay), lembangan saliran (Malay)
==== Alternative forms ====
DAS (initialism)
=== Further reading ===
“daerah aliran sungai”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016