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catchment
/ ˈæʃəԳ /
noun
- the act of catching or collecting water
- a structure in which water is collected
- the water so collected
- the intake of a school from one catchment area
Word History and Origins
Origin of catchment1
Example Sentences
In Scotland, councils assign primary school places based on catchment areas, or how far away from a school a family lives.
The latest analysis covers four years of data from six sites that discharge sewage into the Lake Windermere catchment.
About 24 million chickens, a quarter of the UK's poultry production, are raised in the river's catchment area.
We met up with Tony Juniper of Natural England at the site of the pilot project for wild beaver release in England, the River Otter catchment in Devon.
All primary schools in both Holyhead and the Amlwch catchment area have announced they will remain closed on Friday, while many schools in western Anglesey also decided to shut due to the weather risks.
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