Rivers and Drainage Basins

Which of these shows a diagram of a Drianage Basin?

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Which of these shows a river channel?

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The _________ is where streams/rivers begin.

• Source

• Confluence

• Tributary

• Mouth

A _________ is a smaller stream/river that contributes to the main river a drainage basin.

• Tributary

• Mouth

• Watershed

• Source

_________ is where streams/rivers meet each other.

• Confluence

• Tributary

• Mouth

• Watershed

The _________ is an area of land that separates water flowing into different drainage basins.

• Watershed

• Source

• Confluence

• Tributary

The _________ is where the main river will eventually drain all its water into.

• Mouth

• Watershed

• Source

• Confluence

The _________ is an area of land that separates water flowing into different drainage basins.

• Watershed

• Source

• Confluence

• Tributary

Drainage area of a river.

• River basin
• Groundwater
• Estuary
• Watershed

All rivers receive there water from ____?

• Ocean

• Precipitation

• Watershed

• Discharge