catchment

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/ˈkatʃmənt/

noun

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01
noun
An area from which water flows into a river or reservoir.
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noun
Extra detail
A catchment area, or the people it serves.

Examples

The hospital's catchment area is the hospital's city plus the 3 adjacent towns.
They are pumping freshwater from the river catchment.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 4
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5

Also pronounced

/ˈkɛt͡ʃmənt/

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noun

Extra meanings

To divide into catchment areas.
Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.

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In context

the catchmenting of mental health services
Do you think that there ought to be some board or some authority for each catchment basin, which must be appointed with adequate powers to prevent the pollution of streams?
The catchment area is the slope of a great mountain range covered with fine forests, and there are many good reservoir sites.

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Do you think that there ought to be some board or some authority for each catchment basin, which must be appointed with adequate powers to prevent the pollution of streams?
1864 June 9, “[Minutes of Evidence.] Samuel H. Gael, Esq., Called in; and Examined”, in Report from the Select Committee on Sewage (Metropolis); together with the Proceedings of t...
The Hospital Plan first set out the objective: a network of large district general hospitals, each providing specialised medical and surgical facilities for a catchment of 200,000 to 300,000 population[…].
2003, Robin Haynes, “Geographical Access to Health Care”, in Martin Gulliford, Myfanwy Morgan, editors, Access to Health Care, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 17
The publication of regular newsletters providing updates of floodplain management activities and distributed to individual residents in the catchment is an effective means of keeping the community informed.
2003, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, “Choosing and Integrating Participation Tools and Techniques into Flood Mitigation and Management Processes”, in Guidelines on Participatory Planning and Management for Flood Mitigation and Preparedness (Water Resources Series; no. 82), New York, N.Y.: United Nations, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 99
In August 2019, Redcar & Cleveland and Middlesbrough councils announced details of a joint project, supported by TVCA to build a new park and ride station on the Whitby line between Nunthorpe and Great Ayton. The two councils say the station would have a population catchment of 70,000 from local towns and villages.
2020 January 2, Graeme Pickering, “Fuelling the changes on Teesside rails”, in Rail, page 61
The catchment area is the slope of a great mountain range covered with fine forests, and there are many good reservoir sites.
1890, “Section XXII. Irrigating Works should not be Constructed by the General Government”, in Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. Report of Committee and Views of the Minority (United States Senate, 51st Congress, 1st session; report 928, part 1), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 128

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Origin

noun

From catch + -ment.

Deep Dive

noun

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The lake collects water from its entire blank— area through streams and rainfall.

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noun

The lake collects water from its entire blank area through streams and rainfall.