catchment
noun
catch·ment
ˈkach-mənt 
ˈkech-
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During the time that the Penn North site went without a killing, there were at least four shootings within its catchment zone, according to a Baltimore Sun analysis using Open Baltimore data.
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Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2024
The three basic tactics are: replenishing sand on the beaches, adding and expanding rock revetments west of the tracks, and installing barrier-like catchment walls east of the tracks where they are threatened by landslides.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
However, the results of the high-density LDS survey sampling smaller catchments above and below the post-mineral volcanic cover contacts were effective in outlining prospective target areas1 in the underlying package.
—Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
In a parallel exercise, the team looked at the sodium produced by weathering in a variety of river catchments in different climate zones.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2023
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Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2024
The three basic tactics are: replenishing sand on the beaches, adding and expanding rock revetments west of the tracks, and installing barrier-like catchment walls east of the tracks where they are threatened by landslides.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
However, the results of the high-density LDS survey sampling smaller catchments above and below the post-mineral volcanic cover contacts were effective in outlining prospective target areas1 in the underlying package.
—Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
In a parallel exercise, the team looked at the sodium produced by weathering in a variety of river catchments in different climate zones.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2023
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catchment
noun
catch·ment
ˈkach-mənt
ˈkech-
1
: the action of catching water
2
: something that catches water
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