catchment area
Example Sentences
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As many as 23 million chickens, a quarter of the UK's poultry production, are raised in the river's catchment area.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 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
It was suggested schools could reduce admission numbers, change their catchment area, share resources, merge or face closure.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 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
