noun. A catching or collecting of water, especially rainwater.

noun. undefined

noun. A structure, such as a basin or reservoir, used for collecting or draining water.

noun. The amount of water collected in such a structure.

noun. A catchment area.

noun. Drainage: rarely used except in the following phrases.

noun. A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.

noun. Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water.

noun. a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

"To give one example, at this point, what we call our catchment area, which is the underlying population of arrestees, in some communities, it's a city; in other communities, it's a county; in some communities, we're only one of the jails that might be in the county."

area of catchment  catchment-basin  catchment-basin map  

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attachment  detachment  

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