1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
VMariaS [17]
2 years ago
11

The Mississippi River in the U.S has about 56% of the drainage area of The Amazon River Basin in South America but the stream di

scharge (flow) is only 8% of the Amazon stream discharge. Why is drainage area not an important factor in determining stream discharge?
Geography
1 answer:
Snowcat [4.5K]2 years ago
4 0

The drainage area is not an important factor in determining stream discharge because it is not the main force behind stream discharge.

<h3>What is a stream discharge?</h3>

This refers to the volume of water that flows through a stream or river per unit of time.

This discharge are usually calculated by using the measurements of the stream’s velocity, its depth and width

The factors that affect stream discharge includes:

  • velocity of the water because the faster the water, the more the discharge
  • the width & depth of the river

Read more about stream discharge

<em>brainly.com/question/8282980</em>

#SPJ1

You might be interested in
Which of the following could be used to interpret the geologic history of a location?
nlexa [21]
C rock layers... hope this helped
7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Find the lateral area for the given prism HELP ASAP!!!!
liq [111]
Find the area of the cross section times by height
7 0
3 years ago
Index fossils can provide information on the environment at the time they were deposited. True False
Anettt [7]

Answer: True

Explanation:

The index fossil are the fossils that are of animals and plants that remained preserved in the rock of the earth. It describes the particular span of the geological time or the environment. An index fossil can be easily recognized, is widely distributed and abundant.

The index fossil is the basis for defining the boundaries of the geological time scale with the correlation of the strata.

Those organisms which exhibited the short vertical range that is the life span on earth and the wide lateral range that is geographic distribution can be included as index fossil.

These fossils are indicative of the environment in which the organism used to live.

4 0
3 years ago
When analyzing the speeds of stars far from the galactic center, the orbital speeds of stars ___________ as distance increases f
KiRa [710]

Answer: is constant

Explanation:

In order to analyze the velocity of the stars within a galaxy, the <u>galaxy rotation curves</u> (developed by the American astronomer Vera Rubin) are used. These graphs are elaborated as a scatter diagram in which the orbital velocity of the stars present in a galaxy is represented on the Y axis and the distance of these stars to the center of the galaxy on the X axis.

Thanks to this diagram, it has been possible to observe a characteristic behavior in the rotation speed of the stars (and gas) present in the galaxies, which differs from the rules of the orbital movement of the planetary systems postulated by Newton and Kepler.

This means that in these galaxy rotation curves it has been observed that the rotation speed of stars and gas is "constant", regardless of the distance to the center of the galaxy. This discrepancy and these results were then used to demonstrate the existence of dark matter in the universe.

6 0
3 years ago
What two (2) geographer's tools would you say are most useful to the geographer, and why?
spayn [35]
The asewer is president over run
4 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • What are the types of tornadoes?
    5·2 answers
  • Which Ocean Basin does not have tropical cyclones?
    13·2 answers
  • The moon has no atmosphere.<br>True or False??​
    7·2 answers
  • What layer of the atmosphere is known for having temperatures as low as -90•C
    9·1 answer
  • Question 5 2 pts What could have been the reason behind high intensity hurricanes like Irma, Harvey and Maria? O Oceans are warm
    9·1 answer
  • When cash crops began to be raised in the central highland farms of the Kikuyu, many government officials _____.
    6·2 answers
  • Cómo se relaciona ubicacion con clima tropical​
    7·1 answer
  • Hi everyone! the trumptards want to take gay rights away! so now we wonderful lgbt peoples are now claiming november AND june as
    14·1 answer
  • How human interaction has influenced the landforms in yellowstone national park?
    12·1 answer
  • Name two of the anti-bank laws passed by Julius Caesar
    9·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!