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What is a catchment?

What is a catchment? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.
  2. A catchment area, or the people it serves.
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They took a sample in the rain catchment areas where rainwater would have washed down.
The city boundaries give the school a catchment area of three primary schools.
As delighted as I am to see proper little homes being built at the informal settlement, I am struck by the lack of provision for water catchment.
Currently the zoo pumps water from the Braamfontein Spruit into a sieve-like catchment tank, which starts the purifying process.
So, too, to some extent, given the width of their catchment areas, were the great Welsh clubs.
They had looked at bussing children in, increasing the catchment area and even future house building.

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