Question

What do you understand by ‘the catchment area of a river’?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

The catchment area of a rive or lake is synonymous to the drainage basin of the water body. Catchment areas are locations in low lying regions in which water from higher areas collect into a single water body. The sources of water collected can vary from rainwater to melted snow. Catchment areas may drain their water into other lower lying basins or into a single place, usually a lake, in the case of a closed catchment. The largest river basin in the world is the Amazon River basin, which has an area of over 2,300,000 square miles, while the largest ocean basin is the Atlantic Ocean basin, which has an area is approximately 26,900,000 square miles.