catchment
noun
catch·ment
ˈkach-mənt 
ˈkech-
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The plan is to deposit about 540,000 cubic yards of sand on the north and south ends of town, along with rock boulders, between the tracks and the ocean, and build catchment walls on the inland side near Mariposa Beach.
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
The voles were released across six sites along the catchment in Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire England, most recently in the River Wey, according to the National Trust’s Facebook post.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
The department’s wildlife water development program began in the 1940s as a way to bolster quail populations for hunting season, but in an era of megadrought and increasing temperatures, the program has grown from just a handful of systems around Phoenix to over 3,000 catchments across the state.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Station establishment The Kyzylsu catchment feeds the Amu Darya River, a major Central Asian river whose water is almost entirely glacier-fed.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
The voles were released across six sites along the catchment in Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire England, most recently in the River Wey, according to the National Trust’s Facebook post.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
The department’s wildlife water development program began in the 1940s as a way to bolster quail populations for hunting season, but in an era of megadrought and increasing temperatures, the program has grown from just a handful of systems around Phoenix to over 3,000 catchments across the state.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Station establishment The Kyzylsu catchment feeds the Amu Darya River, a major Central Asian river whose water is almost entirely glacier-fed.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Catchment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catchment. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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catchment
noun
catch·ment
ˈkach-mənt
ˈkech-
1
: the action of catching water
2
: something that catches water
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