The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet.
1Flash floods usually arise when rain falls over a small catchment basin.
2Its value as a flood catchment basin is somewhat uncertain, as it is used as a storage feeder for Morris Canal.
3Not a drop of liquid is to leave the catchment basin; it is exactly the reverse of what we desire in Europe.
4A spokesman for Dublin Port said the leaked fuel was contained within a catchment basin beside the tank purpose-built to handle such incidents.
5Samples of feces, wastewater from catchment basins, and soil where wastewater was applied were collected from CONV and RWA feedlot and dairy farms.
Translations for catchment basin