catchment area

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Noun Phrase

catch=ment ar=e=a

WORDNET DICTIONARY

catchment area(n = noun.location) basin, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed - the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin"

has particulars: detention basin, retention basin

is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region

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