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the area from which water drains into a river is called the river's catchment. A river's watershed is the connecting ridges surrounding the watershed, and separating it from adjacent ones.
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What area water drains into a river?
Its a reservoir :)
A what is an area of land that drains to a common of water?
A watershed is an area of land that drains to a common body of water.
What is the area normally covered by water when a river overflows its banks?
The area that is normally covered by water when a river overflows its banks is called the floodplain. This area is the first part of the land to be flooded.
What is the difference between a water table and a watershed?
A watershed is an area land from which water ultimately drains into a major river, which then dumps into the ocean or sea. A water table is the level below which the ground is saturated with water.
What is the area of land that a river collects its water from called?
I believe its called a water shed but I'm not completely sure about that.AnswerA watershed (one word) is a ridge or other dividing line between stream catchments, although the term is (confusingly) also applied to the catchment area. Another term is drainage basin.
What area water drains into a river?
Its a reservoir :)
What is a area from which water drains into a river?
Watershed
What is the area from which water drains into a river?
Watershed
What is an area from which water drains into a river?
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What do you call the area where water drains into a river system or water supply?
the drainage basin
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.
Is the Mississippi river a water shed or a ribbon of water?
Since "river" refers to the body of water and "watershed" refers to the land area which drains into the river, the Mississippi River would be a ribbon of water rather than a watershed.
What river drains to the area northwest to the rockies?
The Missouri River drains to the area of northwest of the Rockies. The Missouri River is 2565 miles long and is the longest river in the United States.
What area that river drains?
Drainage basin.
a ____ is an area of land that drains to a common body of water?
A watershed is an area of land that drains to a common body of water.
What is an area of land that drains to a common body of water.?
A watershed is an area of land that drains to a common body of water.
What river drains the area northwest to the rockies?
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