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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A draft of the study didn’t propose only one solution but advocated for 23 different strategies, including bluff stabilization, catchment walls, sand placement, engineered revetments or seawalls and rail-foundation improvements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Among ten locations earmarked for funding are the Grand Union Canal, the River Brent catchment area, and the Lower Crane Valley.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Liz Cheslett-Davey, catchment co-ordinator at the EA, said the algae could "appear quickly and the conditions that encourage it to form aren't always easy to predict".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The school had 13 pupils in the 2025/26 academic year, but that number is forecast to fall to just eight as the majority of the pupils in the catchment area are sent elsewhere.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 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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