catchment area vs reservoir

catchment area

noun
  • An area from which water drains into a particular lake, river, etc.; the catchment area of a large river includes its tributaries. 

  • The area served by a local institution, such as a hospital or school, or by extension, a railway station. 

reservoir

noun
  • A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply. 

  • A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species. 

  • A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing. 

  • A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter. 

  • A supply or source of something. 

  • A place where anything is kept in store. 

verb
  • To store or keep (something) in or as in a reservoir. 

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