Question

what do you understand by a drainage pattern? name any four drainage pattern

Answer 1

In geomorphology, drainage systems, also known as river systems, are the patterns formed by the streams, rivers, andlakes 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 being part of drainage basins. A drainage basin is the topographic region from which a stream receives runoff, throughflow, and groundwater flow. The number, size, and shape of the drainage basins found in an area vary and the larger the topographic map, the more information on the drainage basin is available

Answer 2

the form in which a stream is seen is called the river pattern or drainage pattern .

4 pattern are......
1. dendritic
2.trellis
3. radial
4. rectangular