they both have to do with rivers and water.
A stream discharges into a drainage basin. A drainage basin is a tract of land drained by a river and its tributaries
murray darling basin is one
Divides are the boundaries that separate streams in adjacent drainage basin.
Divides are the boundaries that separate streams in adjacent drainage basin.
The catchment is the correct answer. Commonly folk say 'watershed' but the watershed is the boundary (ridges etc) of the catchment.
A confluence is where two rivers join together.
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
Only waterways that are on the same side of the divide as the basin could empty into it.
Drainage Basin
a tributary is a stream coming off a river, and drainage means to drain(duh),e.g water can be drained
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.
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 :)
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.