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
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
About 24 million chickens, a quarter of the UK's poultry production, are raised in the river's catchment area.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 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
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