catchment area

Example Sentences

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In one village, the Fidesz mayor is also the district doctor for a catchment area covering 32 settlements.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

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

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

In Haiti, TB still killed more adults than any other disease, but no one in the catchment area had died from it since 1988.

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