en

catchment area

1

Terminological databases

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 714761 Last modified 10.03.2026
View dataset
View dataset
Domain hydrogeologyhydrography & oceanography
valgla preferred
  • maa-ala, kust veekogu (jõgi, järv) või selle osa saab oma vee
valgla preferred
valgala
catchment area preferred
Usage examples
  • This analysis may employ existing hydrological, geological, pedological, land use, discharge, abstraction and other data but shall identify: ... the general character of the overlying strata in the catchment area from which the groundwater body receives its recharge ...
drainage area
Einzugsgebiet
valuma-alue

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 697183 Last modified 30.12.2004
View dataset
View dataset
Domain maritime traffic; seaborne traffic
catchment area
Usage examples
  • 1. Trade between Member States may be affected where restrictive practices or abuses concern international maritime transport, including intra-Community transport, from or to Community ports; whereas such restrictive practices or abuses may influence competition, firstly, between ports in different Member States by altering their respective catchment areas, and secondly, between activities in those catchment areas, and disturb trade patterns within the common market.
  • 2. Furthermore, the parties contend that the catchment area of the northern European ports covers Ireland, the UK, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, most of Germany, northern and central France, Portugal and northern Italy. Similarly that the Mediterranean catchment area covers, at least, southern and central France, Spain, Italy and Portugal.

Word forms not available

Etymology not available

Related words not available

Search the same word

in the EU's IATE term base

Web examples

Online Language Learning Tool SkELL allows users to search for phrases in sentences, collocates and similar words. These examples have been automatically selected and may contain errors.