Preferred term
catchment
Definition
- [ENVO] An extent or area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point at lower elevation, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody.
Broader concept
Creator
- 0000-0003-1068-2394
In other languages
Arabic
- مستجمع مياه
Bulgarian
- Водохващане
Croatian
- slivnik
Czech
- povodí
Danish
- opsamling (af vand)
Dutch
- stroomgebied
Estonian
- veepüüdemahuti
Finnish
- (veden) saanto
French
- captage
German
- Auffangbecken
Greek
- συλλεκτήρας
Hungarian
- vízgyűjtő
Italian
- captazione (struttura)
Latvian
- satece
Lithuanian
- (surinkimo) baseinas
Norwegian
- oppsamling
Polish
- zlewnia
Portuguese
- reservatórios de água
Romanian
- captare
Slovak
- povodie
Slovenian
- (vodni) zbiralnik
Spanish
- captación
Swedish
- upptagningsområde
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/10092
