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what is the differences between basin, catchment and water shade

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The area of land draining into a stream or a water course at a given location is known as the catchment area.It is also called drainage area or drainage basin.

In USA it is also called Watershed.The word Watershed is sometimes interchangeably used as Catchment Area.The catchment area affords a logical and convenient unit to study various aspects relating to the hydrology andWater resurces of a region.

A catchment area is separated from its neighbouring areas by a ridge called `divide in USA and Watershed in UK .The areal extent of the Catchment is obtained by tracing ridge on a topographic map to delineate the catchment and measuring area by planimeter.

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