catchment area

== English == === Pronunciation === === 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. Synonyms: catchment basin, drainage basin (by extension) The area served by a local institution, such as a hospital or school, or by extension, a railway station. ==== Translations ==== === References === Colin McIntosh, editor (2013), “catchment area”, in Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 4th edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 1 March 2017, reproduced in the Cambridge English Dictionary website, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. “catchment area”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Further reading === catchment area on Wikipedia.Wikipedia