catchment

Meaning (English)

the area from which rain drains into a river or reservoir

Meaning (मराठी)

पाणलोट क्षेत्र

Used in a sentence

Heavy rain in the catchment area filled the dam to eighty per cent.

पाणलोट क्षेत्रातील मुसळधार पावसामुळे धरण ऐंशी टक्के भरले.

Synonyms

drainage basin, watershed