catchment area
the region served by an organization
TRANSLATION
catchment area = das Einzugsgebiet --- GOOGLE INDEX catchment area: approximately 5,300,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Located in the southern part of the Malaysian peninsula, the site is the CATCHMENT AREA of Tasik Chini Lake situated in the centre of the biosphere reserve.
(National Geographic magazine)
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Recent debate on schooling in Tasmania has focussed on parents who choose to send their children to other schools outside their CATCHMENT AREA.
(ABC news, Australia)
(National Geographic magazine)
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Recent debate on schooling in Tasmania has focussed on parents who choose to send their children to other schools outside their CATCHMENT AREA.
(ABC news, Australia)
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catchment area
noun phrase
- the area drained by a river or body of water
- the surrounding area served by an institution, such as a hospital or school
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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A catchment area (also referred to as a drainage basin) is an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another body of water such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean.
In human geography, a catchment area is the area and population from which a city or individual service attracts visitors or customers. For example, a school catchment area is the geographic area from which students are eligible to attend a local school.
Another application of the concept is that airports or hospitals can be built and maintained in locations where they would be best utilized by the surrounding population with minimal driving distance. Local governments and community service organizations often define catchment areas or service areas for public safety (e.g., fire and police) and emergency medical services.
Catchment areas are generally founded either on formal local government boundaries or else on some other geographic basis. For example, a neighbourhood or district of a city often has several small convenience shops, each with a catchment area of several streets. Supermarkets, on the other hand, have a much lower density, with catchment areas of several neighbourhoods (or several villages in rural areas).
(adapted from Wikipedia)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"There are excellent schools in our catchment area."
noun phrase
- the area drained by a river or body of water
- the surrounding area served by an institution, such as a hospital or school
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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A catchment area (also referred to as a drainage basin) is an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another body of water such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean.
In human geography, a catchment area is the area and population from which a city or individual service attracts visitors or customers. For example, a school catchment area is the geographic area from which students are eligible to attend a local school.
Another application of the concept is that airports or hospitals can be built and maintained in locations where they would be best utilized by the surrounding population with minimal driving distance. Local governments and community service organizations often define catchment areas or service areas for public safety (e.g., fire and police) and emergency medical services.
Catchment areas are generally founded either on formal local government boundaries or else on some other geographic basis. For example, a neighbourhood or district of a city often has several small convenience shops, each with a catchment area of several streets. Supermarkets, on the other hand, have a much lower density, with catchment areas of several neighbourhoods (or several villages in rural areas).
(adapted from Wikipedia)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"There are excellent schools in our catchment area."
