management of the sustainable use of water resources in a river basin, comprising the main river, all its tributaries and ground water, so as to provide for the social, cultural and economic development by taking into account the basics of ecology (en)
Based on 'river basin management', ‘River basin management applications Yesilirmak river basin development project model’, M. C. Lekesiz, Y. Mesci, T. Yorul az, http://www2.dsi.gov.tr/english/congress2007/chapter_3/88 pdf [23/03/2016] AND https://books.google.lu/books?id=uWJ2bjSqNKsC&pg=PA298&lpg=PA298&dq=%22river+basin+management+refers+to%22&source=bl&ots=uhyE6J7ElX&sig=MrEdPnd7_XBgI0eJILSE1KgRbHc&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22river%20basin%20management%20refers%20to%22&f=false (en)