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.
(ËiËkÉËnÉmÉªk; ËÉkÉ-) 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.