D Flashcards
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Dendritic
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The name given to a drainage pattern that looks like a tree, with water converging from the several directions before it joins a main channel
2
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Dissolved load
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the process by which a small dissolved settlements and minerals are transported within a river; also knows as solution
3
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Drainage basin
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is an area of land which is drained by a river and its tributaries. The watershed separates different drainage basis
4
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Drainage density
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is the total of all the rivers and tributaries in a drainage basin divided by a total areas of the drainage basin.