Define the following terms: drainage basis, drainage divide, interfluve, and valley

What will be an ideal response?


drainage basin (watershed): an area of land where surface water converges into a single stream.
drainage divide: the line that separates adjacent drainage basins.
interfluve: the high ground that separates one valley from another.
valley: extensive area of land drained by river system.

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