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Why does water in a bowl shaped drainage basin not eventually flow to the ocean?
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∙ 12y ago
Because the water may collect at the bottom of the basin, or evaporate.
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Where does the Amazon River flow into the ocean?
The Atlantic OceanThe Amazon river eventually empties into the Atlantic Ocean
What is the largest drainage basin in the US?
The largest known river basin in the United States is the Mississippi
Which Drainage basin does St Lawrence belong?
Atlantic ocean
What exactly is drainage basin?
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.
Is the Amazon drainage Basin in northeastern Brazil in Atlantic ocean or the Pacific ocean?
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Explain the difference between a drainage basin and a drainage divide?
A drainage basin is an extent or area of land where water from rain and melting snow or ice drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean. A drainage divide is the line separating neighbouring drainage basins (catchments).
A sentence for basin?
The basin was clean and shiny, ready to be used.
What is the basin of the river?
A River basin is the portion of land drained by a river and its tributaries. It encompasses all of the land surface dissected and drained by many streams and creeks that flow downhill into one another, and eventually into one river. The final destination is an estuary or an ocean. As a bathtub catches all the water that falls within its sides, a river basin sends all the water falling on the surrounding land into a central river and out to the sea.
Why is the Great Basin in north America is an area of inland drainage?
because the rivers flowing through this region do not find their way to the ocean
What is the difference between drainage divide and drainage basin?
a drainage basin is where water from rain fall or snow melting drains downhill into a river or stream, or another kind of body of water.http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drainage_basin a ocean basin is technically anywhere on earth that is covered by seawater. but according to the geologist an ocean basin is below sea level.http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_basin
What large south American river has its mouth at the Atlantic ocean?
The largest South American river whose mouth is on the Atlantic Ocean is the Amazon. It has the largest drainage basin of any river in the world.
What is the shallowest ocean basin?
The Arctic Ocean Basin
