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Definition: Catchment Area |
Catchment AreaNoun1. The geographical area draining into a river or reservoir. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Building & Civil Engineering | The land area which catches and drains the precipitation from a given storm event. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | Region drained by natural water channels ; the area of land from which rainwater or snow melt drains into a reservoir, pond, lake or stream. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Area with a common outlet for its surface runoff. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The area from which a lake, stream or waterway and reservoir receives surface flow which originates as precipitation. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Hydrologic | An area having a common outlet for its surface runoff (also see Drainage Area or Basin, Watershed). (references) |
Mining | A. The recharge area and all areas that contribute water to it b. An area paved or otherwise waterproofed to provide a water supply for a storage reservoir. See also:drainage bas. (references) |
Public Administration | A region from which rainfall flows into rivers, reservoirs, etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Region drained by a river and its tributaries. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Catchment AreaSynonyms: catchment basin (n), drainage area (n), drainage basin (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Catchment Area |
| Specialty definitions using "catchment area": outward sorting ♦ regional park ♦ specific sediment discharge. (references) |
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Health | According to the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study, depressive symptoms occur in approximately 15 percent of community residents over 65 years of age. The prevalence of major depression among the elderly living in the community is usually estimated at less than 3 percent. (references) | |
Economic History | Nepal | The Tamur River is a tributary of the Sun Koshi and the catchment area at the project intake site is 2560 square meters. (references) |
Tanzania | It has been hit hard recently by persistent power shortages caused by low rainfall in the hydroelectric dam catchment area, a condition compounded by years of neglect and bad management at the state-controlled electric company. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "catchment area": Catchment Area (Health) ♦ catchment area of a school. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
catchment area | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "catchment area"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | басейн (basin, catchment basin, drainage basin, river basin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | povodí (basin), poříèí (riverbed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pendlingsdistrikt (employment area, go-to-work area, travel-to-work area), opland (area of influence, hinterland, tributary area, zone of attraction), nedbørsområde (catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed), influensområde (area of influence), flodbækken (catchment basin, hydrological basin, river basin), attraktiv zone (tributary area, zone of attraction), arbejdskraftopland (employment zone, go-to-work area, labor catchment area, labour catchment area, travel-to-work area, work area), afvandingsområde (catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, hydrographical basin, river basin, watershed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wervingsgebied, waterwingebied (catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, river basin), toevoergebied (catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed), stroomgebied (basin, catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, hydrological basin, reservoir, river basin, watershed), rivierbekken (catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, river basin), rekruteringsgebied, pendelgebied (employment area, go-to-work area, travel-to-work area), opvanggebied (catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed), invloedssfeer (tributary area, zone of attraction), invloedsgebied (area of influence, sphere of influence, tributary area, zone of attraction, zone of influence, zone of interest), bekken (basin, bowl, catchment basin, coalfield, cymbal, cymbals, hydrological basin, man-made lake, pelvis, reservoir, river basin, storage), arbeidsmarktregio (employment area, go-to-work area, travel-to-work area), arbeidsmarktgebied (employment area, go-to-work area, travel-to-work area), afwateringsgebied (catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, hydrological basin, river basin), aantrekkingsgebied (zone of attraction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | valuma-alue (catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, hydrological basin, river basin, watershed), vaikutusalue (area of influence, scope, tributary area, zone of attraction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bassin hydrographique (catchment, catchment basin), aire d'attraction, aire de drainage (catchment basin), aire de précipitation, aire d'influence, bassin d'alimentation (catchment, catchment basin), bassin de drainage (catchment basin), bassin de réception (catchment physiographic), bassin de versant, Bassin d'emploi, aire d'alimentation (catchment basin), bassin fluviatile (catchment basin), zone tributaire, bassin hydrologique, bassin pluvial (catchment basin), bassin versant (catchment, catchment basin), bassin-versant (catchment basin), impluvium, zone d'attraction, zone de recrutement, zone d'influence, zone d'interpénétration, bassin fluvial (catchment basin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | einzugsgebiet (catchment, catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, river basin, watershed, zone of attraction), einzugsbereich (sphere of influence, tributary area, zone of attraction, zone of influence, zone of interest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περιοχή αλληλεμπλοκής επιρροών (area of influence), περιοχή αλληλοδιείσδυσης (area of influence), υδρολογική λεκάνη (catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, river basin, watershed), ζώνη έλξης (pull zone, tensile zone, tributary area, zone of attraction), ζώνη επιρροής (tributary area, zone of attraction), λεκάνη απορροής,υδρολογική λεκάνη, λεκάνη απορροής ποταμού,συλλεκτήριος λεκάνη ποταμού (catchment basin, hydrological basin, river basin), λεκάνη απορροής (catchment basin, collecting area, divide, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, river basin, water parting, watershed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | víztároló (catchment, catchment basin, cistern, reservoir), vízgyűjtő terület (basin, catchment, catchment basin), vízgyűjtő medence (catchment, catchment basin, reservoir), vízgyűjtő (bay, catchment, catchment basin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zona di attrazione (zone of attraction), impluvio di un fiume (catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, river basin), bacino imbrifero (catchment, catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, river basin, watershed, zone of precipitation), bacino idrografico (catchment, catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, hydrological basin, river basin, watershed, zone of precipitation), bacino idrico (catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, reservoir, river basin), bacino di utenza, bacino di raccolta (catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, river basin), bacino di occupazione (employment area, go-to-work area, travel-to-work area), bacino di drenaggio (catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, river basin), bacino d'alimentazione (catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, river basin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atchmentcay areaay área de captação. (various references) бассейн (basin, bay, catchment basin, drainage basin, pond, pool, reservoir, swimming pool). (various references) slivnik (kennel). (various references) cuenca (basin, bowl, catchment basin, collecting area, drain district, drainage area, drainage basin, drainage district, gathering area, gathering grounds, hollow, river basin, socket, watershed). (various references) upptagningsområde (tributary area, zone of attraction), flodområde (basin, catchment basin, drainage basin, hydrological basin, river basin, watershed). (various references) havza (basin, catchment, river basin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-e-e-h-m-n-r-t-t" | |
-4 letters: catchment, entrechat, harmattan, maharanee, reactance, tracheate. | |
-5 letters: amaranth, anathema, anteater, archaean, attacher, carcanet, cataract, catenate, catheter, cetacean, earthman, earthmen, hermaean, macerate, menarche, merchant, racemate, reaccent, reactant, reattach, threaten, tracheae. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 74 63 68 6D 65 6E 74 41 72 65 61 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110100 01100011 01101000 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01000001 01110010 01100101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a t c h m e n t   A r e a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0074 0063 0068 006D 0065 006E 0074 0041 0072 0065 0061 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)376786697479718086235847167 |
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