A watershed is the high ground where water flows in two opposite directions. I saw the opposite today - where two streams flowed downhill to come together. Is there a name for that?
2007-01-01 00:17:26 · 14 answers · asked by Kate R 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The high ground where water flows in opposite directions is called a 'Divide' - like the Continental Divide that seperates rivers that flow to the Atlanitc and Pacific Oceans in the US. Different watersheds are seperated by divides. Where streams join, it is called a confluence.
2007-01-01 14:12:53 · answer #1 · answered by formerly_bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Americans and Brits use the term 'watershed' in different ways - the former mean the area drained by a particular river- what Brits would call a catchment. I'm not sure how the term is used elsewhere. The questioner seems to be using the British sense in which case the opposite has to be a valley, and where valleys meet up their rivers/streams meet at confluences.
2007-01-04 06:44:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is and "opposite" of a watershed. You might be looking for the term basin which is a low are where water collects.
2007-01-01 10:54:34 · answer #3 · answered by ctrl-alt-delete 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intelligence
2016-05-23 02:34:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Confluence
2007-01-01 00:21:07 · answer #5 · answered by philjtoh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sunhouse?
2007-01-01 00:22:36 · answer #6 · answered by max 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where two rivers meet is a confluence. Will that do?
2007-01-01 00:20:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
An ice house.
2007-01-04 10:47:50 · answer #8 · answered by Princess415 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sand shed.
2007-01-01 00:24:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
DEPRESSIONS MAKE OPPOSITE OF A WATER SHED.
WATERSHED MAKES CENTRIFUGAL PATTERN OF RIVERS AND DEPRESSIONS MAKE CENTRIPETAL PATTERN OF RIVERS.
2007-01-01 03:11:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋