river catchment area

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• catchment area — catchment areas 1) N COUNT: oft N of n The catchment area of a school, hospital, or other service is the area that it serves. [BRIT] ...the catchment areas of the district general hospitals. 2) N COUNT In geography, the catchment area of a river… …   English dictionary

• catchment area — UK [ˈkætʃmənt ˌeərɪə] / US [ˈkætʃmənt ˌerɪə] noun [countable] Word forms catchment area : singular catchment area plural catchment areas 1) British the area for which a school or hospital provides a service 2) the area of land around a river or… …   English dictionary

• catchment area — catch|ment ar|e|a [ˈkætʃmənt ˌeəriə US ˌeriə] n 1.) BrE the catchment area of a school, hospital etc is the area that its students, patients etc come from 2.) technical the area that a river or lake gets water from …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• catchment area — noun 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 • Syn: ↑river basin, ↑basin, ↑watershed, ↑drainage basin,… …   Useful english dictionary

• catchment area — /ˈkætʃmənt ˌɛəriə / (say kachmuhnt .airreeuh) noun 1. Also, catchment basin. Geography a drainage area, especially of a reservoir or river. 2. Sociology the area from which persons may come to a central institution, as a school or hospital. Also …  

• catchment area — (also catchment) noun 1》 the area from which a hospital s patients or a school s pupils are drawn. 2》 the area from which rainfall flows into a river, lake, or reservoir …   English new terms dictionary

• catchment area — the area drained by a river or body of water or the area draining into a body of water …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• catchment area — catch|ment ar|e|a [ kætʃmənt ,eriə ] noun count 1. ) the area of land around a river or lake that it gets its water from 2. ) BRITISH the area for which a school or hospital provides a service …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• catchment area — noun (C) 1 the area that a school takes its students from, that a hospital takes its patients from etc 2 the area that a river or lake gets water from …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• catchment area —   the area of land from which precipitation makes its way to a particular river channel …   Geography glossary

• River Great Stour — Infobox River river name = River Great Stour image size = caption = River Stour and Tributaries origin = Ashford TR 01539 42793 Coord|51.14890|0.88020|display=inline|format=dms mouth = River Stour TR 26943 63444… …   Wikipedia