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barxatty [35]
3 years ago
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Please tell me that what is a drainage feature with explaination. Meaning that tell me that if a drainage feature is about river

s then why does it include rocks or river :(((((
Geography
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xenn [34]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Drainage systems, also known as river systems, are the patterns formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin. They are governed by the topography of the land, whether a particular region is dominated by hard or soft rocks, and the gradient of the land. Geomorphologists and hydrologists often view streams as part of drainage basins (and sub-basins). This is the topographic region from which a stream receives runoff, through-flow, and its saturated equivalent, groundwater flow. The number, size, and shape of the drainage basins varies and the larger and more detailed the topographic map, the more information is available.

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