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What does divide mean in geographic terms?
In geographic terms, divide refers to a ridge or elevated land that separates the direction water flows. It determines whether water flows into one watershed or another based on the topography of the land. This helps in defining boundaries between different drainage basins.
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 the name given to the area of high ground that separates two river basins?
Watershed
What abiotic factor separates marine ecosystems from river ecosystems?
Salinity is the abiotic factor that separates marine ecosystems from river ecosystems. Marine ecosystems have high salt content in water, while river ecosystems have low salt content.
What is the line that separates the two basins called?
The line that separates two basins is called a watershed or drainage divide. It refers to the high land or ridge that directs the flow of water into different river systems or basins. Rain falling on one side of the watershed will drain into one basin, while rain on the other side will flow into another.
Where does rivers start?
The source or headwaters of a river or stream is the place from which the water in the river or stream originate. These sources are usually small springs found high up in the hills or mountains and near to what is called a drainage divide - a ridge of ground which separates land drainage systems with the waters on one side flowing to a different destination to the waters on the other.
What is the mountain range separating European and Asia?
The Ural Mountains. They lie in a north to South direction at approximately longitude 60 oE. They are not particularly high . However, they stretch from the Arctic Ocean, to the Caspian Sea. They separate European Russia , from Asiatic Russia (Siberia).
What is the origin of the Colorado River?
Most of the river water is supplied by runoff from high mountain systems. In turn these systems act as a source for tributaries which run into the Colorado River.
What is a high area of ground that divides 2 river systems that makes them flow?
Do you mean a Continental Divide? It's the area of higher elevation where the river systems east of the line all flow into the ocean on the eastern side of the continent, and all the water in the river systems to the west of that line flow toward the ocean to the west.
A river and its tributaries are?
the main river and all of its tributaries are called a river system. The land drained by the river system is called a drainage basin. Drainage basins are separated by the high land in between, known as a divide or watershed.
How does the water flow upstream in Mekong River?
As with any tidal river the incoming tide from the sea has greater force than the flow of the river. The low tide level of the river in Cambodia is lower than the high tide level out at sea, and the flow of the Mekong 'inverts' with the tides throughout its stretch in Vietnam and up to Phnom Penh.
How deep is the river ouse?
The answer depends on which river Ouse, what stretch of the river and when. Currently (Feb 2014) the Yorkshire Ouse is running high and in York will be 4 metres above low summer levels. The river has a typical depth of 3-4 metres in low water conditions. So will currently be as deep as 8 metres in places. - fishee
