Drainage Basin Divide Water Flow Diagram
Get Drainage Basin Divide Water Flow Diagram PNG. A diagram showing the ways in which water moves through a drainage basin. A drainage basin is a region of land where water from rain or snowmelt drains downhill into a body of water , such as a river , lake , dam , estuary , wetland , sea or ocean.
A watershed represents all of the stream tributaries that flow to some location along the stream channel. Imagine that the whole basin is covered with. A divide is a ridge, or continuous line of high land, from which water flows in different directions.
Divides and drainage basins affect the way water flows on land.
Water flows down a surface gradient from high elevations to lower elevations, independently of cardinal direction. Explain the different drainage patterns formed by rivers. Adjacent drainage basins are separated from one another by a drainage divide. Slope of the energy gradient, wetted perimeter in feet.
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