Meanings
plural catchment basins
- geographyA topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet.
Synonyms: catchment area, drainage basin, watershed
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 集水盆地
- 集水盆地 (jíshuǐ péndì)region
Danish nedbørsfelt
- nedbørsfeltregion
Dutch stroombekken, stroomgebied
- stroombekkenregion
- stroomgebiedregion
- rivierbekkenregion
Finnish valuma-alue
- valuma-alueregion
French bassin versant
- bassin versantregion
German Einzugsgebiet, Wassereinzugsgebiet
- Einzugsgebietregion
- Wassereinzugsgebietregion
Greek λεκάνη απορροής
- λεκάνη απορροής (lekáni aporroḯs)region
Italian bacino imbrifero
- bacino imbriferoregion
Norwegian Bokmål nedbørfelt
- nedbørfeltregion
Polish dorzecze, zlewnia
- dorzeczeregion
- zlewniaregion
- zlewiskoregion
Portuguese bacia hidrográfica
- bacia hidrográficaregion
Romanian bazin de captare
- bazin de captareregion
Yiddish באַסיין
- באַסיין (baseyn)region
Cite this entry
catchment basin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catchment%20basin
“catchment basin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catchment%20basin. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catchment basin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catchment%20basin.
Source: catchment basin on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.