catchment basin


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Noun1.catchment basin - the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributariescatchment basin - the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin"
detention basin - a storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream
retention basin - a storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream
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catchment basin

nEinzugsgebiet nt
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'But I think there is enough catchment basin in this area to service domestic and short haul international flights,' he added.
'On a project context, the mayor approved our procurement request for a P7.9 million (to buy a) backhoe (that will be used in setting up) a water catchment basin for every barangay that will help store water,' he said.
Even the runway doubles as a catchment basin for rainwater, which goes to a treatment facility on the island.
The Mustoja catchment basin is mainly served with a separate storm drainage system of approximately 51 km of pipes with the diameter varying from 0.15 to 2 m and 4 km of drain ditches constructed within 79 years.
Some villas were constructed 3ft to 6ft below road level, making it a catchment basin for floodwater coming from the high points of Jebel Ali.
UN has launched the project of sustainable agriculture in cooperation with Iran and Japan in Urumieh Lake's catchment basin.
Attached to a roof gutter, it channels rainwater from the roof into a catchment basin.
Firstly sort gray levels of each pixel from low to high to get the local minima we call catchment basin CB(mi) of a regional minimum mi the set of points xsupp(f) which are closer to mi than to any other regional minimum for the topographical distance just similar with Euclidean distance:Equation
Catchment basin environment 26/30 km, the highest elevation of 2484 m and a minimum height of 1671 meters above sea level in the region is its output.
The results of topographic analysis with data obtained from the DEM (resolution 20 x 20 m) show that the slopes are steep, mainly on the southern and southwestern sides of the Caete catchment basin, especially at the headwaters of the Santo Anjo River (Table 3, Figure 7).
Several factors determine the water quality of these reservoir which includes seasonal precipitation, wind action, geologic origin of the catchment basin and pattern of hydrological cycle prevalent in the dam (Tundisi and Straskraba,1999), the transportation of nutrients by tributary rivers (Tufford and McKellar, 1999; Friedl and Wuest, 2002), seasonal climatic changes (Chapman, 1996; Barik et al., 2010), deforestation, and land use in catchment area (Dar and Romshoo, 2008).