Choose the correct answer; (1) Which of the following best describes a drainage
ID: 284591 • Letter: C
Question
Choose the correct answer;
(1) Which of the following best describes a drainage basin?
a. Where a river empties into the sea
b. A watershed
c. A geomorphic unit occupied by a river system
d. An old-fashioned washstand
(2) Which of the following tends to divide drainage basins?
a. Political boundaries
b. Mountain or highland regions
c. Oceans
d. All of the above
(3) Which of the following best describes a braided stream?
a. A series of interconnected channels
b. Three different streams crisscrossing each other
c. A stream that has been rerouted by the construction of a dam
d. A stream that has been listed as a preservation area
(4) Maximum velocity of stream flow is typically found where?
a. Along the bottom of the stream
b. Near the sides
c. Class V rapids
d. Near the surface at the center
Explanation / Answer
1) b. Watershed. And it describes the land that represents a set of streams and rivers that all drain into a single larger body of water like dainage basin.
2) b. Mpunatain or high landa regions can divide the dainage basins.
3) a. A series of interconnected channels because braided seam consisting of multiple small, shallow channels.
4) c. Class V rapids have very much velocit for river wate flow. So it can cut deep goueges and v shaped vallys to rive paths.