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What is another name for a drainage basins?
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.
What is the name of our drainage basin?
The name of your drainage basin would depend on your specific location. For example, if you're in the United States, you could be part of the Mississippi River Basin, the Great Lakes Basin, or another regional basin. To accurately identify your drainage basin, please provide your location or the nearest waterway.
What is another name for a river basin?
Catchment/drainage basin.
What did Fremont name the largest region in Nevada?
The Great Basin
What is the name of the largest desert in the mountain and basin region?
If you are referring to the United States, that would be the Great Basin Desert.
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 is the name for the vast fertile region in US and Canada a large part of which was drained by the Mississippi river and its tributaries?
Drainage Basin
What is the name of the largest desert on the top of the southwest USA?
The Great Basin Desert
How does the Amazon River rank in size when compared with other rivers?
The Amazon River accounts for about a fifth of the drainage of all the rivers in the world! That means that of all the water (volume) drained by all the rivers of the world, the Amazon alone handles about 20% or 1/5th of it. That's a lotof water! Additionally the Amazon basin, the name given to the area of land that the Amazon drains, is the largest river basin in the world. The Amazon is clearly the largest river in the world. Note that by some geographic fluke, the Nile River is a tiny bit longer than the Amazon. A link can be found below.
What is the name of the river basin in northern Brazil that contains one-fifth of the worlds fresh water and is home to the largest rain forest in the world?
The Amazon River
What is the name of the largest lowland area of Europe stretching from France into central eurasia?
aquitaine basin
What is another name for the Great Basin?
Another name for the Great Basin is the Great Basin Desert. It is a large, arid region in the western United States, characterized by its unique geography and climate, which includes salt flats, mountain ranges, and desert landscapes. The term "Great Basin" often refers specifically to the area defined by its internal drainage, where water does not flow out to the ocean.
