- water catchment basin
- водосборная площадь
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики. 2014.
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики. 2014.
catchment basin — noun A topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet; a watershed. Syn: watershed, drainage basin … Wiktionary
Basin — may mean:* Drainage basin, hydrological basin or catchment basin, a region of land where water drains downhill into a specified body of water * Tarim Basin, located in Xinjiang, China and is one of the largest drainage basins in the world. *… … Wikipedia
water-collecting area — catchment basin (the entire area from which drainage is received by a river or a lake; most generally used in reference to surface runoff) … Dictionary of ichthyology
Catchment area — A Catchment area may be: * drainage basin: a water catchment area or watershed in physical geography. * catchment area (human geography): a term within human geography defining the area and population from which a city or individual service… … Wikipedia
catchment — [kech′mənt] n. 1. the catching or collecting of water, esp. rainfall 2. a reservoir or other basin for catching water 3. the water thus caught … English World dictionary
Water supply and sanitation in Israel — is intricately linked to the historical development of Israel in the context of scarce water resources. Because the coastal plain of historical Palestine had few water resources, Theodor Herzl already envisioned the transfer of water from the… … Wikipedia
catchment — /kach meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of catching water. 2. something for catching water, as a reservoir or basin. 3. the water that is caught in such a catchment. [1840 50; CATCH + MENT] * * * … Universalium
catchment — 1) the collecting of water, especially rainfall 2) a reservoir or other basin for catching water 3) the water caught in a reservoir or basin … Dictionary of ichthyology
Water balance — In hydrology, a water balance equation can be used to describe the flow of water in and out of a system. A system can be one of several hydrological domains, such as a column of soil or a drainage basin.[citation needed] Water balance can also… … Wikipedia
catchment — catch•ment [[t]ˈkætʃ mənt[/t]] n. 1) civ something for catching water, as a reservoir or basin 2) civ the water so caught 3) the act of catching water … From formal English to slang
catchment — catch·ment || kætʃmÉ™nt n. water reservoir; river basin … English contemporary dictionary