Catchment Definition

kăchmənt, kĕch-
catchments
noun
The catching or collecting of water, esp. rainfall.
Webster's New World
A reservoir or other basin for catching water.
Webster's New World
The water thus caught.
Webster's New World
A catchment area.
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Other Word Forms of Catchment

Noun

Singular:
catchment
Plural:
catchments

Catchment Sentence Examples

  • The river Itchen is an example of a permeable chalk catchment.

  • In the Great Stour catchment, 26 sites of waste disposal have been identified by the Environment Agency as potential groundwater contaminants.

  • The blanket peat erosion in parts of the Semer Water catchment is typical of many parts of the Pennines.

  • Peat, brown forest soil and peaty podzols derived from greywackes and shales are the major soils types in the Bladnoch catchment.

  • Many new local and catchment rainfall records were established, particularly for high intensity events.

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Words Starting With

CCACAT

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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