A drain basin is an area of land where rain water and melting snow come together to drain into larger bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, reservoirs and eventually the ocean.
No it doesnt. This is because a drainage basin and a watershed are exactly the same thing. They jus have two names! And this is the area surrounding a river and its tributaries where it overflows :) Hope this helps :)
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
the Mississippi river drainage basin, Colorado river drainage basin, and the Columbia river drainage basin
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.
The Lake Eyre Basin is the world's largest inland drainage basin.
Divides are the boundaries that separate streams in adjacent drainage basin.