Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Drainage of River Basin
- the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries
- watershed: an area of highland forming the edge of a river basin
- Channel: where the river water flows
- Mouth: the area where the river meets the sea or a lake
- Source: the area where the river starts
- Confluence: the point where two rivers meet
- Tributary: a smaller river following into a larger river
- Estuary: the wide tidal mouth of a river