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A drainage basin is the area of land where surface water is drained downhill into a body of water. A divide is?
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Explain the difference between a drainage basin and a drainage divide?
A drainage basin is an extent or area of land where water from rain and melting snow or ice drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean. A drainage divide is the line separating neighbouring drainage basins (catchments).
What is the area of Drainage basins are separated from each other by an area of higher ground called an?
The area of land drained by a river and its tributaries is called a drainage basin. They are separated from each other by an area of higher ground called a watershed or divide. This watershed determines the direction in which water flows.
What is the high ground between two drainage basins called?
a drainage divide
Is there a drainage divide in Arizona?
yes
What is the difference between drainage divide and drainage basin?
a drainage basin is where water from rain fall or snow melting drains downhill into a river or stream, or another kind of body of water.http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drainage_basin a ocean basin is technically anywhere on earth that is covered by seawater. but according to the geologist an ocean basin is below sea level.http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_basin
What is the french word for 'watershed'?
watershed (English definitions are from Dictionary.com)1. Chiefly British . the ridge or crest line dividing two drainage areas; water parting; divide. > ligne de partage des eaux2. the region or area drained by a river, stream, etc.; drainage area. > bassin versant
How are a divide and a drainage basin related?
they have land
What is the high ground between drainage basins called?
The area between drainage basins is called a watershed divide or a water parting. It marks the boundary where water flows in different directions to separate one drainage basin from another.
Drainage basins are separated from each other by an area of higher ground called a?
Drainage basins are separated from each other by an area of higher ground called a divide. This divide helps to direct water within a specific drainage basin, preventing water from flowing into neighboring basins.
What is the imaginary line called which separates one drainage basin?
A divide.
What is the technical word for the Continental Divide?
It is a hydrological divide or drainage divide. Some also call it a ridgeline, watershed or water parting.
A river and its tributaries are?
the main river and all of its tributaries are called a river system. The land drained by the river system is called a drainage basin. Drainage basins are separated by the high land in between, known as a divide or watershed.
