Glossary:Watershed

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[edit] Watershed

  1. USA. An area within which water falling as rain (precipitation) is transferred to the ocean through a network of internal drainage focussing on a single river.
  2. UK. The divide between two catchment areas (drainage basins). Rain falling either side of the watershed will flow into two seperate river systems.

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Adapted from: Summerfield, M. A. (1991) Global geomorphology. New York: Longman Scientific Ltd. ISBN 0582301564.


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