Correct Answer - Option 2 : Catchment area
The correct answer is Catchment area.
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A river drains the water collected from a specific area, which is known as the Catchment area.
- A river drains the water collected from a. specific area, which is called its catchment area.
- An area drained by a river and its tributaries. is called a drainage basin.
- A watershed is an area of land that drains or “sheds” water into a specific waterbody.
- The dendritic pattern develops where the river channel follows the slope of the terrain.
- The drainage pattern resembling the branches of a tree is known as “dendritic” the examples of which are the rivers of the northern plain. It is the most common stream pattern.