river bank (river banks plural) , riverbank A river bank is the land along the edge of a river. n-count. river basin (river basins plural) A river basin is the area of land from which all the water flows into a particular river.
Map of the global distribution of economic and physical water scarcity as of 2006. Scarcity is the fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human wants in a world of limited resources. It states that society has insufficient productive resources to fulfill all human wants and needs.
adj. 1. (Economics) of or relating to an economy, economics, or finance: economic development; economic theories. 2. (Commerce) Brit capable of being produced, operated, etc, for profit; profitable: the firm is barely economic. 3. (Economics) concerning or affecting material resources or welfare: economic pests.