Catchment Area

A catchment area may refer to:

  • Catchment area (human geography), the area and population from which a facility or region attracts visitors or customers
  • Drainage basin, an extent of land where water from precipitation drains into a body of water

Famous quotes containing the word area:

    During the Civil War the area became a refuge for service- dodging Texans, and gangs of bushwhackers, as they were called, hid in its fastnesses. Conscript details of the Confederate Army hunted the fugitives and occasional skirmishes resulted.
    —Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)