catchment

About 1.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.
2. noun A catchment area, or the people it serves.
3. verb To divide into catchment areas.

   the catchmenting of mental health services

Similar words

watershed river pond drainage pool lagoon intake tank hydrological hydrographic

Often followed by

area areas of and basin is management in basins

Word family

catchments