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