they both have to do with rivers and water.
A stream discharges into a drainage basin. A drainage basin is a tract of land drained by a river and its tributaries
Divides are the boundaries that separate streams in adjacent drainage basin.
Divides are the boundaries that separate streams in adjacent drainage basin.
murray darling basin is one
The catchment is the correct answer. Commonly folk say 'watershed' but the watershed is the boundary (ridges etc) of the catchment.
A confluence is where two rivers join together.
What is the largest drainage basin in the US?
What is the largest drainage basin in the US?
What is the largest drainage basin in the US?
A stream discharges into a drainage basin. A drainage basin is a tract of land drained by a river and its tributaries
Drainage Basin
Only waterways that are on the same side of the divide as the basin could empty into it.
the Mississippi river drainage basin, Colorado river drainage basin, and the Columbia river drainage basin
a tributary is a stream coming off a river, and drainage means to drain(duh),e.g water can be drained
The boundary of the drainage basin is called a drainage divide. Sometimes drainage basin is called catchment area referring to an area where water flows into a stream or a number of streams. In North America drainage basin is also called Watershed.
Drainage basin is also called catchment, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, and water basin. It is an area of land. All water that falls on that land flows into one river.
A drainage basin is simply an area between two ridges from which water drains as a stream or river. A small creek has its own drainage basin. The drainage basin of the Mississippi River includes everything between the Rocky Mountains and the Adirondacks.