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Watershed delineation is the process of identifying the boundary of a watershed, also referred to as a catchment, drainage basin, or river basin.It is an important step in many areas of environmental science, engineering, and management, for example to study flooding, aquatic habitat, or water pollution.
Quebec rivers flowing to Ontario (or tributaries of Ontarian rivers). In order, from east to west: Missisicabi River (Quebec) Obamsca River (Quebec)
Basin Type Continent Drains to Basin area Notes km 2 mi 2; Atlantic Ocean: Ocean: Multiple: n/a: 69,800,000 26,900,000 [Note 1] [2]Arctic Ocean: Ocean: Multiple: n/a ...
A map of watersheds separated by the principal hydrological divides of North America. Watersheds of North America are large drainage basins which drain to separate oceans, seas, gulfs, or endorheic basins.
Catchment zone in Nattai, Australia containing drinking water. Catchment hydrology is the study of hydrology in drainage basins. Catchments are areas of land where runoff collects to a specific zone. This movement is caused by water moving from areas of high energy to low energy due to the influence of gravity.
Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, [3] [4] and impluvium. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In North America, they are commonly called a watershed , though in other English-speaking places, " watershed " is used only in its original sense, that of the drainage divide line.
The catchment area draining into the lake is about 36 square km and the shoreline length is about 20 km. The lake is 124 meters above mean sea level and is part of the Rideau River drainage basin . There are several parent streams flowing into Otter Lake and one primary outlet, which is Otter Creek, which meanders about 33 km before flowing ...
The Don River is a watercourse in southern Ontario that empties into Lake Ontario, at Toronto Harbour.Its mouth was just east of the street grid of the town of York, Upper Canada, the municipality that evolved into Toronto, Ontario.