catchment area

Example Sentences

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The issue has been hugely controversial along the River Wye in recent years, with as many as 23 million chickens - a quarter of the UK's poultry production - raised in the river's catchment area.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

It will also serve as a larger catchment area, which could extend all the way to the neighbouring Pune city, a major IT and education hub.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

As the only top-flight club for more than 100 miles, Newcastle have a huge catchment area for support and players.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

The authority added that the majority of students at Cantley had come from outside the catchment area and there were surplus places at several nearby schools.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025

A hundred thousand people lived in the dam catchment area, but up to a million peasant farmers, coming from far away, relied on the clinic.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French