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Term

catchment area

Term

(1) An area from which surface runoff is carried away by a single drainage system. (2) The area of land bounded by watersheds draining into a river, basin or reservoir.

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Source:

EEA Glossary

Context:

Comment

Definition source publication

ETC/CDS. General Environmental Multilingual Thesaurus (GEMET 2000)

Publication year

2000

Definition source URL

http://glossary.eea.europa.eu/EEAGlossary

Organisation

ETC/CDS

Organisation full name

Subjects

MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENT

Long definition

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