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GCSE Geography · key term
The area from which a service or attraction draws its users; in river geography, the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.
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Component 3
Revise: Sphere of InfluenceA catchment area describes where a service or attraction draws its users from. A sporting venue might attract spectators from much farther away than the streets affected by its noise. Its visitor catchment and its local sphere of disturbance are therefore not necessarily the same area.
Specification 1.2.4 · Component 1, Component 2
The area from which a shop or shopping centre draws its customers.
Keep range, threshold population and catchment area distinct: distance travelled, minimum customer population and area supplying customers.
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Catchment area is the area from which a shop or shopping centre draws its customers.
