catchments in English

noun
1
the action of collecting water, especially the collection of rainfall over a natural drainage area.
Maasai have complained that settlement in the drought-prone area by Kipsigis has harmed water catchment for the Ewaso Nyiro river, which the Maasai use to water their cattle.

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1. Drainage courses and catchments have been fair game for developers.

2. Water basin and water catchments management to allocate scarce resources most effectively;

3. Closed basins are catchments whose drainage networks converge to lakes, salt flats or alluvial plains.

4. Engineers looking at flood defences and modelling catchments, sewer systems and watercourses, have to take many factors into consideration.

5. 14 In the light of this, the way forward in climatic geomorphology, already recognized in studies of fluvial catchments, becomes evident.

6. Floods and heavy rains can wash large amounts of debris and pollutants into Cisterns and rain catchments systems, causing drinking water contamination.

7. The Alluvium Group is four organisations who share a common purpose: to make a positive difference to the world we live in Science, engineering and strategy for catchments, rivers and coasts

8. Initiatives for the rehabilitation of degraded land in the context of reforestation, agricultural productivity, integrated farming and animal husbandry, rain water catchments, alternative renewable energies or the banning of slash and burn practices are reported to show positive results

9. Initiatives for the rehabilitation of degraded land in the context of reforestation, agricultural productivity, integrated farming and animal husbandry, rain water catchments, alternative renewable energies or the banning of slash and burn practices are reported to show positive results.

10. The Glen Affric scheme, started in 1947, was the biggest, but there were equally impressive projects in neighbouring catchments such as Glen Garry and Glen Moriston – the latter including one of the first underground power stations in the UK – and Strathfarrar and Kilmorack.

11. Well known dynamic models include the Simulation Model for Acidification’s Regional Trends (SMART: de Vries et al., 1989; Posch et al., 1993), the Soil Acidification in Forest Ecosystems model (SAFE: Warvfinge et al., 1993; Alveteg and Sverdrup, 2002), the Model of Acidification of Groundwater in Catchments (MAGIC: Cosby et al., 1985; 2001).

12. The Connecting the Culm project is part of Co-Adapt, an international programme working with partners in France, Belgium and the Netherlands to test ways of making river catchments more resilient to the impacts of climate change (mainly flooding and drought), using nature-based solutions and collaborating with people living in the area to do so