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catchment area

noun as in drainage basin

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About 24 million chickens, a quarter of the UK's poultry production, are raised in the river's catchment area.

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Clinton Devon Estates manage several farms in the Devon catchment area where the trial wild beaver project has been running.

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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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Parents of children that turn five in the next academic year have been asked to contact the school in the catchment area they live in by 31 January.

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In order to counteract climate change, the authors call for a systematic approach for the entire catchment area of rivers in the high mountains.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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