What is the difference between catchment, water shed and basin?

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par JONATHAN COX , Consultant/ Senior Lecturer in Hydrology /Flood Manager , Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology

Depends on your location. From the Caribbean perspective, the hierarchy from largest to smallest is Basin, Watershed, Catchment.

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par Alice Goye

water shed is like natural pond

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par Engineer Mohammad Ikram Ali , Agronomist , Tanmiah Food Company

Drainage or River Basin: A river basin or drainage basin is a portion of land drained by a river and its tributaries. A river basin sends all the water falling in the surrounding land into the river.

Watershed: A watershed is simply the area of land that catches rain and snow and drains or seeps into a marsh, stream river, lake or groundwater.

Catchment area - the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet.