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The term "watershed" is sometimes used, though this is a little ambiguous, since some people use it in a way that's essentially synonymous with "drainage basin", and some people use it for the boundaries between drainage basins.

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Q: What are the boundaries that separate streams in adjacent drainage basins are called what?
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The boundaries that separate streams in adjacent drainage basins are called?

Divides are the boundaries that separate streams in adjacent drainage basin.


What are the boundaries called that separate streams in adjacent drainage basins?

Divides are the boundaries that separate streams in adjacent drainage basin.


What is the boundary of a drainage basin?

Divides are the boundaries that separate streams in adjacent drainage basin.


A streams drainage basin is all the water that?

flows into it


What is it called when two small streams come together?

There are lots of possible answers,A drainage basinA watershedA drainage systemDendritic drainage patternTrellis drainage patternParallel drainage patternRectangular drainage patternRadial drainage patternAnnular drainage patternDiscordant drainage patternA spring headTributariesConfluencesA river system


How does water get in streams?

A drainage basin is the start of the stream. Sometimes snow caps on mountains melt causing streams and riviers.


What shape is radial drainage?

Drainage is the removal of water from the surface of the earth.Radial drainage are those found in pattern of streams radiating from a central point or area e.g. off a mountain.


What does trellie mean?

A drainage pattern characterized by parallel main streams and secondary tributaries intersected at right angles by tributaries. Also known as espalier drainage; grapevine drainage.


What is parallel pattern of drainage?

A drainage pattern characterized by regularly spaced streams flowing parallel to one another over a large area.


What is parallel drainage pattern?

A drainage pattern characterized by regularly spaced streams flowing parallel to one another over a large area.


What does trellis really mean?

A drainage pattern characterized by parallel main streams and secondary tributaries intersected at right angles by tributaries. Also known as espalier drainage; grapevine drainage.


The boundary between drainage areas that have streams that flow in opposite directions?

river watershed