noun
definition
Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.
definition
A catchment area, or the people it serves.
Examples of catchments in a Sentence
This is reflected in unprecedented June runoff totals for some southern rivers draining permeable catchments.
Whilst flows in neighboring impermeable catchments responded rapidly to the lack of rainfall, and were notable depressed by month end.
Within the context of lowland permeable catchments, a single site would not be sufficient to address all issues satisfactorily.
Our research focuses on encapsulating this process knowledge into models that can be applied without calibration and hence can be applied within ungauged catchments.
More than 70% of UK water supplies is sourced from upland catchments.
Geostatistical prediction will then be used to map C stocks at a previously unachievable resolution for moorland catchments.
The Cornwall rivers Project is targeted at 15 river catchments, outlined in the list to the left.
Major cave systems probably developed while the post-Variscan cover supported large drainage catchments and concentrated water into a few sinks.
The lakes are fed by a series of six natural springs which feed into the local water catchments.
An integrated approach to modeling hydrology and water quality in glacierised catchments.
October river flows were also exceptionally low in many catchments; a substantial number of new long term runoff minima have been established.
In most index catchments spring runoff totals exceeded the average and 12-month accumulations are in the normal range.
Promote local byelaws to prevent the use of livebait and associated translocation of fish into vendace waters and their catchments.
Storms on the 22nd were responsible for more than half the total June rainfall in some southern catchments.
May runoff totals were above average in a few responsive eastern catchments and a larger proportion of spring-fed rivers in the English Lowlands.
The IDBs date from the Land Drainage Act 1930 which established catchment boards for certain river catchments.