Drainage Basins & The Hydrological Cycle

A ………………………………. is the area of land drained by a river system ( a river and its tributaries).

• Watershed

• Drainage Basin

• Confluence

• Water table

Drainage basins are separated by ………………………….

• Watersheds

• Water tables

• Walls

• Communities

Tick all which are inputs into a drainage basin system...

• Rain

• Snow

• Hail

• Soil

True or False: Everybody lives in a drainage basin

• True

• False

The section labelled A is known as the

• watershed

• source

• tributary

• mouth

The section labelled D is known as the

• river valley

• main stream

• tributary

• spring

What is the name of the area labelled C?

What is the name of the area labelled B?

True or False: Water underground feeds into drainage basins.

• True

• False

True or False: A drainage basin and a watershed are the same.

• True

• False