a receptacle where a quantity of some material, especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept
A natural underground container of liquids, such as oil or water, and gases In general, such reservoirs were formed by local deformation of strata, by faulting, by changes of porosity and by intrusions
{i} large lake for storing water; container used to collect and store water; additional supply, reserve; area or location where something is stored (esp. liquid)
Any natural or artificial holding area used to store, regulate, or control a substance (Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, 1990)
a site where an infectious agent collects and multiplies (e g , macrophages and lymph nodes are believed to be reservoirs for HIV)
anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"
used in the field of biogeochemical cycling to refer to the total amount of a species in a particular component of the Earth-atmosphere-ocean system, such as the amount of nitrogen in terrestrial plants or the amount of phosphorous in sedimentary rock
A pond, lake, or basin, either natural or artificial, used for the storage, regulation, and control of water (Rice (1991))
A natural or artificial place to store water; water storage created by building a dam; a pond, lake, or basin used for the storage, regulation, and control of water
A pond, lake, tank, or basin (natural or human made) where water is collected and used for storage Large bodies of ground water are called ground water reservoirs; water behind a dam is also called a reservoir of water
Any artificial or natural holding area which contains or will contain the water impounded by a dam