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catchment

Noun

catch=ment

WORDNET DICTIONARY

catchment(n = noun.artifact) Array - a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area); Array

Derived form verb catch₂₅

catchment, n.

A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir. [1913 Webster]

catchment, n. the collection of rainfall.

Idiom

catchment area
1 the area from which rainfall flows into a river etc.
2 the area served by a school, hospital, etc.

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