Drainage Basin Flashcards
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Smaller rivers or streams that joins a larger river.
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Tributaries
2
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Starting point of the river. River is often fed by a lake, spring, marshy areas or glacier.
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Source
3
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The edge of highland surrounding a drainage basin. It marks the boundary between two drainage basins.
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Watershed
4
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The point were two rivers meet or where a tributary joins the main river channel.
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Confluence
5
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The point where the river comes to the end, usually where entering a sea or lake.
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Mouth
