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Capture of a river system by a river in a different watershed is called?
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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.
What is a watershed composes of?
A watershed is composed of different sources of water that all run together. This might include a lake and river system.
What land area supplies water to a river system?
The catchment is the correct answer. Commonly folk say 'watershed' but the watershed is the boundary (ridges etc) of the catchment.
What is an the area of land in which water drains into a stream system?
drainage basin
What is the difference between a river and a river system?
oceans are mass lands cover with water in Greek it is called Pangea.
What is the name for the land that is drained by the river system?
a watershed, also called a drainage basin, is an area drained by a river.
A area of land drained by a water system?
watershed
What is the area of land drained by a water system?
watershed
In a gcse geog paper would you label a dotted line around a river system 'watershed' or 'drainage basin'?
Watershed.
What is main function of watershed?
Technically, a watershed is the dividing ridge between two catchments. A Catchment is the area of land with a common drainage system.
How a watershed related to a river system?
Because it is the land area that supplies water to a river system :)
Area of land drained by a water system?
I believe you might be referring to a "watershed".
