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catchment definition

catch·ment (-mənt)

noun

  1. the catching or collecting of water, esp. rainfall
  2. a reservoir or other basin for catching water
  3. the water thus caught

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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