catchment area

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In Scotland, local councils use "catchment areas" to decide where students go to school.

From BBC

In Scotland, your council decides which school in your local catchment area your child will attend.

From BBC

"Proximity to transport infrastructure or within catchment area of a good school are proving to be big drivers," he said.

From BBC

But at the time of the project’s conception, global warming was an almost esoteric concept, and in the years that followed, its effects on the catchment area upstream were not thoroughly studied.

From New York Times

A listed structure that crosses 15 mountain summits, it’s the boundary of the huge water catchment area that feeds the Silent Valley and Ben Crom reservoirs.

From BBC