Question

State a characteristic of underlying rock structure associated with a dendritic drainage pattern

Answer 1

). Dendritic drainage pattern

Dendritic drainage systems (from Greekδενδρίτης, dendrites, "of or parallel to a tree") are not straight and are the most common form of drainage system. In a dendritic system, there are many contributing streams (analogous to the twigs of a tree), which are then joined together into the tributaries of the main river (the branches and the trunk of the tree, respectively). They develop where the river channel follows the slope of the terrain. Dendritic systems form in V-shaped valleys; as a result, the rock types must be imperviousand non-porous.[3]