catchment area

English

Noun

catchment area (plural catchment areas)

(hydrology) An area from which water drains into a particular lake, river, etc.; the catchment area of a large river includes its tributaries.
The area served by a local institution, such as a hospital or school.

Synonyms

(hydrology): catchment basin, drainage basin (see those entries for translations)

References

“catchment area” in Colin McIntosh, editor, Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 4th edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, →ISBN; reproduced on the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, retrieved 1 March 2017.
“catchment area” (US) / “catchment area” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

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