Landscapes

Drainage

Stream Drainage• Refers to the patterns formed by a

system of streams in an area as they flow down slopes to join other streams and back to the ocean

Drainage Patterns of Watersheds

–Dendritic–Radial–Rectangular–Trellis

Drainage Patterns of Watersheds

–Dendritic–Radial–Rectangular–Trellis

Drainage Patterns of Watersheds

–Dendritic–Radial–Rectangular–Trellis

Drainage Patterns of Watersheds

–Dendritic–Radial–Rectangular–Trellis

• RIDGE = long mountains

Mountain drainage

Plateau and Plain Drainage

• patterns formed by system of streams in an area as they flow down slopes and join other streams

Stream Patterns

• Quick CHECK - The block diagram (see image) represents a deeply eroded dome.

Which map shows the stream drainage pattern that would most likely develop on this deeply eroded dome?

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