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A small river or stream is not called a river basin. A river basin is a portion of land drained by a river and it's tributaries. It encompasses all of the land surface dissected and drained by streams and creeks that flow downhill into one another, and eventually into one river.
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∙ 12y agoThe river basin, its that simple
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Is a small river or stream called a basin?
pond
What is a small stream in a river?
A small stream in a river is called a current.
What is a small river or stream?
Are you crazy? A stream or a small river is called a TRIBUTARY.
What determines which drainage basin a person live in?
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.
What is a river system?
Every river is part of a larger river system which includes the river and any tributaries that branch off of it.
What is a small stream feeding into a river called?
A Tributary
What is it called when a small river or stream that joins a larger river?
Its is called a tributary
What is a small river that drains into a larger river called?
Tributary- Small river that flows into a larger river or stream;a branch of the river Hope this helps ^^
What is a small creek or river?
A tributary is a waterway smaller than the river into which it runs. It may also be a creek, brook, or stream.
What is the small stream that leads off from the main river called?
resorvoir
What is another name for a small river?
A small river is sometimes called a brook. Although it can also be refereed to as a stream or a creek.
When a small river flows into a larger one what does it eventually empty into?
Tributary
