What is centripetal drainage pattern?

Answer 1

Centripetal drainage pattern:

This is the drainage pattern, as the term 'centripetal' implies, in which the streams drain radically inwards, either towards a single main stream which drains the basin, or to a lake which may or may not have an outlet.

Such patterns are found on sinkholes, craters and other basin-like depressions. This drainage pattern is also called endorheic drainage which refers to an inward flowing pattern of drainage in the world's semi-arid zones.

Seasonal rivers, subject to flash floods, flow towards larger basins, occupied by playa lakes and thick deposits of alluvium.

Answer 2

A centripetal drainage pattern is a type of river network where smaller tributaries converge towards a single central main river. This pattern is commonly found in volcanic craters or structural basins where the topography leads to flow towards a central point.