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What is the land area from which a river and it's tributaries collect water called?
tu madre.
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.
Flat land at the mouth of a river?
The floodplain is an area of flat land found on either side of a river that usually becomes wider as the river nears its mouth. A low watery formation of land at the mouth of a river is called a delta.
What is the name given to the area of high ground that separates two river basins?
Watershed
In an area next to a river there are many trees. In this area very little erosion occurs. What explains this?
The deep tree roots help prevent the soil from eroding.
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 do you call a region drained by a river river system or other body of water?
An area drained by a river or river system is called a drainage basin.
What kind basin is an area drained by a river system?
River Basin
What is the area of land that is drained by a river system?
Basin
What is the area of a land drained by a river?
The area of land drained by a river is called a "catchment area". It is so-called because is the the area that catches the precipitation (rainfall).Another term is "river basin", but this is less specific.(The geographical term, "catchment area", is often used to describe the area served by, say, a school or hospital).
What is the entire area that is drained by a large river is called a?
river basin
What is the area drained by a river system?
This is its catchment - surrounded by its watersheds.
What is the area called where rivers flood land?
A river basin is an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.
What is an area of land drained by a river and is branches called?
An area of land that drains to one river (or a river and its tributaries) is a drainage basin or watershed.
What is our land drained by a river and it's branches river?
Land drained by a river is a watershed. This is an area of land that feeds all the water running under it and draining off of it into a body of water.
An area of land that is drained by a water system is called a?
A catchment.
What is an area drained by a river?
A Basin
