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catchment area

noun as in drainage basin

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In order to counteract climate change, the authors call for a systematic approach for the entire catchment area of rivers in the high mountains.

The city’s most in-demand state schools are in catchment areas with significant numbers of children who attend private schools.

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The Indian external affairs ministry was forced to issue a statement denying this, explaining that the floods had been caused by heavy rains in the catchment areas of the Gumti river.

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

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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