Drainage Basin, Geography

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What is a drainage basin?
area of land drained by a main river and its tributaries
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What is the boundary of a river marked by?
a ridge of higher land
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How is the boundary of a river called?
watershed
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What is a watershed?
the separation between two drainage basins
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What is the drainage density?
The total length of all the streams in the drainage basin / The total area of the drainage basin
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When is the density highest?
on impermeable rocks
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When is the density lowest?
on permeable rocks
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Which risks are there when the density is very high?
flooding
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How is the worlds water divided?
97% seawater 2% stored water 1%fresh water or water vapour
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What's the hydrological cycle?
a system were the water is recycled over and over again
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Why is the hydrological cycle said to be a closed system?
because there is no water lost or added to the system
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