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catchment

/ˈkætʃmənt/noun

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noun
  1. 1

    [C, U] technical

    the area from which rain flows into a particular river or lake

    जलग्रहण क्षेत्र

    • Heavy rain in the catchment area raised the level of the dam.
    • the catchment of the Ganga

    Synonyms drainage basin watershed

  2. 2

    [C] British

    the area from which a school takes its students or a hospital its patients

    (स्कूल या अस्पताल का) सेवा-क्षेत्र

    • Families moved to be within the school's catchment area.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

drainage basin watershed

§Grammar and usage

Usage: the word is most often used in the phrase 'catchment area'.

Usage में यह शब्द सबसे ज़्यादा 'catchment area' phrase में प्रयोग होता है।