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The term watershed is used to describe a smaller area of land that drains to a stream, lake or wetland. Many watersheds can reside within a large river basin.
Lessie Jones
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∙ 13y agoThe biggest difference is that water is collected or held in a catchment. A watershed allows the water to drain away. A watershed can be a huge area covering millions of square miles, i.e. the Mississippi River watershed extends from Minnesota to Louisiana, and from Colorado to Ohio.
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∙ 12y agoBoth refers to the same meaning - the area of the land's surface that drains to a particular water body.
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What is main function of watershed?
Technically, a watershed is the dividing ridge between two catchments. A Catchment is the area of land with a common drainage system.
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.
How does water exit a watershed?
Via the mouth of the river into the sea. Also as a watershed just describes where surface water travels in the catchment water can infiltrate into the rock and travel into a different catchment / watershed.
What is another name for a river basin?
Catchment/drainage basin.
What is the largest water shed in Antarctica?
In the world of hydrology -- the study of water, a watershed is a 'topographical boundary' between 'catchment basins'. Since 98% of the Antarctic continent is covered with an ice sheet, catchment basins are not active.
What is the difference between divide and watershed?
i have on clue
What is the difference between a river and a watershed?
nothing
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.
What is the difference between a watershed and a continental divide?
A watershed is an area of land where all surface water flows to a common point, such as a river or lake. A continental divide is a geographic feature that determines the direction that water will flow on a continent, separating the watersheds that drain into different oceans or seas. In essence, a continental divide is a high point that divides watersheds.
A what is an area of land that drains to a common of water?
A watershed is an area of land that drains to a common body of water.
What is a watershed and how is it involved in the water cycle?
A River.additional. strictly speaking, a watershed is the series of ridgelines separating different catchment areas. Often watershed is used when catchment should be.
What is the difference detween divide and watershed?
There is actually no difference between a divide and a watershed. Both divides and watersheds are lines implemented to designate the separation between drainage basins.
