catchment area
noun
1
: an area that serves to catch water
2
: the geographical area served by an institution
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Real-World Testing: Data can predict trends, but nothing beats tasting your own product and getting feedback from real customers from your catchment area.
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Teja Chekuri, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
This month, the Nature Conservancy, which is leading the project, released the Water Fund’s first statistics, which are based on 4.5 years of preliminary data measuring water flow in six catchment areas.
—Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
But land is still being lost and Conteh points to the fires burning close to the catchment area as a new land grab gets underway.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
California communities bracing for heavy flooding as record high temperatures melt record amounts of snow
More than 50% of the global catchment areas in large river basins experienced deviations from normal discharge conditions in 2022, according to the report.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
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Teja Chekuri, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
This month, the Nature Conservancy, which is leading the project, released the Water Fund’s first statistics, which are based on 4.5 years of preliminary data measuring water flow in six catchment areas.
—Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
But land is still being lost and Conteh points to the fires burning close to the catchment area as a new land grab gets underway.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
California communities bracing for heavy flooding as record high temperatures melt record amounts of snow
More than 50% of the global catchment areas in large river basins experienced deviations from normal discharge conditions in 2022, according to the report.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
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catchment area
noun
catch·ment area
ˈkach-mənt- 
: the geographical area served by an institution
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