noun
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the act of catching or collecting water
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a structure in which water is collected
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the water so collected
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the intake of a school from one catchment area
Etymology
Origin of catchment
Vocabulary lists containing catchment
East Asia - Middle School
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East Asia - High School
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Example Sentences
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PhD researcher Ed Noyes, who studies Atlantic salmon in the Severn catchment, said there had been a "real decline" in the river in recent years.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
The plant is also being established elsewhere across the River Hull catchment, creating the wider network of wetland habitat that the swallowtail will eventually need.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
In one village, the Fidesz mayor is also the district doctor for a catchment area covering 32 settlements.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
By the end of the DWT trial, an estimated 15 family groups lived along the catchment.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
A hundred thousand people lived in the dam catchment area, but up to a million peasant farmers, coming from far away, relied on the clinic.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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