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An area of land that is drained by a water system is called a?
A catchment.
What do you call the land that supplies water to a river system?
A water catchment area.
Area of land that gives water to a river system?
This is the 'river catchment'.
What do you call the land area that supplies water to a river system?
A water catchment area.
What is a closed catchment?
A closed catchment refers to a hydrological system where there is no surface water outflow from the area. This means that all water within the catchment remains contained within its boundaries, usually through evaporation, infiltration, or transpiration processes. Closed catchments are common in arid regions or areas with high evaporation rates.
Definition of the word catchment?
A catchment is an area or a structure for collecting water, most often for collecting rain water.
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 activities would a government allow in water catchment areas?
Every area is a water catchment area to a greater or lesser extent.
What is river catchment?
it is the land area of water which has around water
Is every river a catchment?
No not every river IS a catchement. Although, yes every river does have a catchment area. The catchment area is the surrounding land within a watershed in which a single river system drains.
The equipments used to avail pure drinking water in different part of the world?
Gibraltar has covered a lot of their mountainous surface area with concrete, as a water catchment system.
What is the area drained by a river system?
This is its catchment - surrounded by its watersheds.
