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

The Grove is located near Watford and is well placed to draw fans from the London catchment area.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

However, pupils starting school this week in North Yorkshire will only receive free travel to their nearest school instead of any which is within their catchment area.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

It was suggested schools could reduce admission numbers, change their catchment area, share resources, merge or face closure.

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