catchment area

noun

1. an area served by a hospital, social service agency, etc.
2. drainage basin.

catchment area

noun

1. Also calledcatchment basindrainage areadrainage basin the area of land bounded by watersheds draining into a river, basin, or reservoir
2. the area from which people are allocated to a particular school, hospital, etc

catchment area

/ kăch′mənt,kĕch′- /

1. The area drained by a river or body of water.
2. The area that absorbs water that contributes to a specific region's groundwater supply.

Example Sentences

"There's been a lot of redevelopment within our immediate catchment area over the last few years and we've seen an abundance of student accommodation around us," says James Broughton, head of marketing and communications at the Merrion Centre.

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Each overflow point is part of a larger network, or catchment area, and rain further away can take time to reach the overflow point.

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The company’s sites in Dungannon, Ballymena, and Craigavon sit within the catchment area for Lough Neagh and each reported multiple breaches of the trade effluent consent.

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This allowed it to estimate the number of people in the Windermere catchment area at any given time.

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There are other similar outflows around the catchment area, and while the wastewater treatment plants can remove some of the phosphorus, some of it is also flows out into the river.

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