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Hudson–Hoosic Watershed
The Hudson–Hoosic Watershed is a drainage basin in the Northeastern United States. It is located in the Vermont At Large Congressional district, Congressional District, Massachusetts 1st Congressional District, and New York (state), New York 20th and 21st Congressional Districts.United States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Surf Your Watershed, accessed Aug 31, 2009 References External links *http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=02020003 Watersheds of the United States {{NewYork-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drainage Basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the '' drainage divide'', made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern. Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. 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 a drainage divide. In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, the water converges to a single point inside the basin, known as a sink, which may be a permanent lake, a dry lake, or a point where surface water is lost underground. Drainage basins are similar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
