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catchment area

Syllabification: (catch·ment ar·e·a)
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Definition of catchment area

noun

  • 1the area from which rainfall flows into a river, lake, or reservoir.
  • 2chiefly British the area of a city, town, etc., from which a hospital’s patients or school’s students are drawn.

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