EARTH SCIENCE
GROUNDWATER
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Question
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a stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream
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the boundary between drainage areas that have streams that flow in opposite directions
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the path that a stream follows
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the upper surface of underground water; the upper boundary of the zone of saturation
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Detailed explanation-1: -The boundary between drainage basin s is a drainage divide: all the precipitation on opposite sides of a drainage divide will flow into different drainage basins. A drainage basin provides a limited surface area within which physical processes pertinent to the general hydrology may be considered.
Detailed explanation-2: -A drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring drainage basins. On rugged land, the divide lies along topographical ridges, and may be in the form of a single range of hills or mountains, known as a dividing range.
Detailed explanation-3: -A watershed starts at the highest points on the landscape, like mountain peaks and ridgelines that divide one valley or drainage from another. The imaginary line that connects those high points is called the watershed divide.
Detailed explanation-4: -The boundary between two basins is referred to as a drainage divide or watershed boundary. Components of drainage basin. The network through which water travels to the outlet can be visualized as a tree, with the base of the tree being the outlet. The branches of the tree are stream channels.