catchment

[ kach-muhnt ]

/ ˈkætʃ mənt /

noun

the act of catching water.

something for catching water, as a reservoir or basin.

the water that is caught in such a catchment.

Origin of catchment

First recorded in 1840–50; catch + -ment

Words nearby catchment

catching, catching pen, catch in the act, catch it, catchline, catchment, catchment area, Catchment board, catch napping, catch off guard, catch on

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Example sentences from the Web for catchment

The noblest and most-varied scenery in the north-west Himalaya is in the catchment area of the Jhelam.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir|Sir James McCrone Douie
He was off to see to another of his father's interests—that "catchment area" far away up in the mountains.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
Immunity from floods can be effected only by the construction of catchment reservoirs in the highlands or levees in the lowlands.
The Passaic Flood of 1903|Marshall Ora Leighton
It therefore belongs to the catchment basin of the Sutlej and not to the Indus, and the Tseti-la is a pass of secondary order.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Sven Hedin

Of the whole rainfall on the catchment basin, a part only finds its way to the stream.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for catchment

catchment

/ (ˈkætʃmənt) /

noun

the act of catching or collecting water

a structure in which water is collected

the water so collected

British the intake of a school from one catchment area

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单词	catchment
释义	catchment [ kach-muhnt ] / ˈkætʃ mənt / noun the act of catching water. something for catching water, as a reservoir or basin. the water that is caught in such a catchment. Origin of catchment First recorded in 1840–50; catch + -ment Words nearby catchment catching, catching pen, catch in the act, catch it, catchline, catchment, catchment area, Catchment board, catch napping, catch off guard, catch on Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for catchment The noblest and most-varied scenery in the north-west Himalaya is in the catchment area of the Jhelam. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir\|Sir James McCrone Douie He was off to see to another of his father's interests—that "catchment area" far away up in the mountains. Mushroom Town\|Oliver Onions Immunity from floods can be effected only by the construction of catchment reservoirs in the highlands or levees in the lowlands. The Passaic Flood of 1903\|Marshall Ora Leighton It therefore belongs to the catchment basin of the Sutlej and not to the Indus, and the Tseti-la is a pass of secondary order. Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2)\|Sven Hedin Of the whole rainfall on the catchment basin, a part only finds its way to the stream. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1\|Various British Dictionary definitions for catchment catchment / (ˈkætʃmənt) / noun the act of catching or collecting water a structure in which water is collected the water so collected British the intake of a school from one catchment area Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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