https://padlet.com/adoan3/yr48ztgovl5a en-us 2016-07-14 02:26:44 UTC 2025-12-08 11:52:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pizza.png adoan3 https://padlet.com/adoan3/yr48ztgovl5a/wish/116380617 Drainage basin or catchment basin is an extent or an area of land where all surface water from rain, melting snow, or ice converges to a single point at a lower elevation, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean. ]]> 2016-07-14 02:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/adoan3/yr48ztgovl5a/wish/116380617 adoan3 https://padlet.com/adoan3/yr48ztgovl5a/wish/116380670 Other terms used to describe drainage basins are catchment, catchment area, drainage area, river basin and water basin.]]> 2016-07-14 02:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/adoan3/yr48ztgovl5a/wish/116380670 adoan3 https://padlet.com/adoan3/yr48ztgovl5a/wish/116380857 The drainage basin acts as a funnel by collecting all the water within the area covered by the basin and channelling it to a single point. ]]> 2016-07-14 02:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/adoan3/yr48ztgovl5a/wish/116380857 adoan3 https://padlet.com/adoan3/yr48ztgovl5a/wish/116381066 http://study.com/academy/lesson/drainage-basins-definition-characteristics.html
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A drainage basin will form in an area where precipitation exceeds evaporation and where there is a slope down to sea level.
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]]> 2016-07-14 02:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/adoan3/yr48ztgovl5a/wish/116381066 https://padlet.com/adoan3/yr48ztgovl5a/wish/116381537 An area of land that feeds a river with water.]]> 2016-07-14 02:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/adoan3/yr48ztgovl5a/wish/116381537 https://padlet.com/adoan3/yr48ztgovl5a/wish/116381975 2016-07-14 03:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/adoan3/yr48ztgovl5a/wish/116381975