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Because it is the land area that supplies water to a river system :)
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What river in the chesapeake bay watershed contributes fresh water?
Susquehanna river
Watershed between the Tugela River Basin and the Vaal River Basin?
it leads to the river tames
Is water always abundant in a watershed region?
Some parts of a river's watershed may provide a steady flow replenished by groundwater or frequent rain, while other rivers receive water from their watershed region only during intense storms or from the melting of snow and glaciers each spring. A river which flows year-round with water from an abundant watershed is called a perennial river and a river flowing only during part of the year is called an ephemeral river.
What elevated boundary between areas are drained by different river systems?
Divide
How big is the orinoco river basin?
The Orinoco watershed - its basin, covers an area of about 990000 km2
How a watershed related to a river system?
Because it is the land area that supplies water to a river system :)
Capture of a river system by a river in a different watershed is called?
stream piracy
What is a nested watershed?
A nested watershed is simply a watershed within a watershed. An example might be the Platte River watershed which is a nested watershed within the Missouri River watershed which in turn is nested within the Mississippi River watershed.
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 the difference between a river and a river system?
oceans are mass lands cover with water in Greek it is called Pangea.
In a gcse geog paper would you label a dotted line around a river system 'watershed' or 'drainage basin'?
Watershed.
What is the river system which drains much of the water to the east of the Rockies in the US?
Mississippi River
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 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.
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 the three major regional watershed systems in Virginia?
* The Roanoke River Watershed. * The Middle James River Watershed, * The Rappahanock RiverWatershed.
What do you call the land area that supplies water to a river system?
A water catchment area.
