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What is a ridge of land separating river systems?
A ridge of land separating river systems is called a water shed. Normally the land is very high up and mountainous.
What is it called when The land that supplies water to a river system is a?
Watershed- the area of land where all of the water drains into a common water body, such as a river, lake, or ocean.
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 is it called when a river overflows its banks?
It is called flooding der what is the real term
The area where water drains into a river is called?
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.
Area of land beside a lake river or sea?
waterside
What is the river Nile used for on land?
The land beside the River Nile is used for growing crops. The river floods every year.
What city is built beside the river Liffey?
The city is called "Carlonton" ;)
What is the name given to the raised land which may be seen beside a lower stage river?
delta
What you called the land that is formed by sediments where river empties into a lake?
It is called a River Delta.
What is a bank beside a stream or river created to prevent flooding called?
stop bank/ levee
Why does the land stick out into the sea at the mouth of the Mississippi river?
The land sticks out at the end of the Mississippi river because as it comes to it`s mouth(where the river meets the sea) it drops it`s load(mud,silt, any materials it has picked up)forming some land that lays beside it
What is the Land beside an ocean or lake called?
Ocean-fron property Beach
The land between this river and the Tigris River?
It's called the land between the Tigris and EuphratesRiver and that is Mesopotamia
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 triangular piece of land at the mouth of the river called?
Delta is the name for such a piece of land.
What is a stream of water on land called?
A River
