An area through which a river and its tributaries flow is called its
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● An area through which a river and its tributaries flow is called its Watershed or Catchment or Drainage basin.
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The correct word is watershed, catchment, or drainage basin.
- An area through which a river and its tributaries flow is called a drainage basin.
- A drainage basin is an area of land where water from rain or snow melts and drains downhill into a body of water such as a river.
- The drainage basin includes both the streams and rivers that convey the water as well as the land surface from which water drains to the channel.
- Drainage basins are very important in ecology.
- As water flows over the ground and along rivers, it can pick up nutrients, sediments, and pollutants.
- Characteristics of drainage basins are catchment area, watershed, and source.
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