Drainage Basins Flashcards

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Source

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Where a river starts, often high up, where rain collects or a spring is found

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Tributary

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A smaller river or stream flowing into a larger river

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Confluence

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Where two rivers meet

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Estuary

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An area of tidal water just before the mouth

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Mouth

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Where the river meets the sea/ lake

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Watershed

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An imaginary line along the edge of the drainage basin, separating it from other drainage basins usually on high land

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Flood plain

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A flat area either side of the river which floods when the river overflows

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Drainage basin

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An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries

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