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Catchment   /kˈætʃmənt/   Listen
Catchment

noun
1.
A structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area).



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"Catchment" Quotes from Famous Books



... water supply is contaminated; drainage runs into the catchment area, and even faecal matter is plainly evident in the samples analysed; there is no supervision of the milk supply; vegetables are grown under most dangerous conditions; stagnant drains are in almost all the streets; about public places of recreation there are fever beds; ...
— The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) • Harry Furniss


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