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Bookmark or Share- Watersheds and Drainage Basins | U.S. Geological SurveyA watershed is an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet such as the outflow of a reservoir, mouth of a bay, or any point along a stream channel.
- Basin - National Geographic SocietyBasins are formed by forces above the ground (like erosion) or below the ground (like earthquakes). They can be created over thousands of years or almost overnight. The major types of basins are river drainage basins, structural basins, and ocean basins.
- What is a river basin? - Internet GeographyWhat is a river basin? A river basin is an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries. River basins have typical features, these include: Tributary – a smaller river or stream flowing into a larger river. A confluence – where a river joins another river.
- What's a River Basin? What's a Watershed? - Milwaukee RiverkeeperA river basin is the portion of land drained by a river and its tributaries. It encompasses all of the land surface dissected and drained by many streams and creeks that flow downhill into one another, and eventually into the Milwaukee River.
- What is a River Basin: Watershed, Rivers, and Basins ExplainedA river basin, a major ecological term, is an area of land where precipitation accumulates and flows into a river. In simpler terms, when it rains, the water doesn’t just disappear into the ground. Instead, it slips and slides always downhill, eventually forming streams and feeding into a river.
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