catchment
IPA: kˈætʃmʌnt
noun
- (often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.
- A catchment area, or the people it serves.
verb
- To divide into catchment areas.
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Examples of "catchment" in Sentences
- Catchment management authorities.
- See for a detailed catchment map.
- Primary schools in the catchment area.
- The catchment area drained by the basin is.
- The catchment are of the dam is 472.5 sq.km.
- Elkstones falls in the catchment area of, and.
- The catchment area is in the centre of the city.
- But the catchment area is now severely deforested.
- The degradation of the catchment area has occurred.
- Agricultural development dominates the catchment of the wetland.