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catchment area Definition


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catchment area
noun
    1. The area served by a particular school, hospital, etc, encompassing those people who are expected to make use of the facilities within it.
    2. The area of land whose rainfall feeds a particular river, lake or reservoir.
      Form: drainage basin (also)


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