What is a river system?

Question

What is a river system?

Answer 1

In hydrologic terms, all of the streams and channels draining a river basin.

Answer 2

A river system includes all the tributaries (streams and

smaller rivers, creeks etc that join onto the main river and add water to the main river), all the distributaries (branches that flow out of and carry water out of the main river) and the surrounding land that drains into the main river (watershed).

Here is a map showing the Amazon River Sytem with its watershed. tirbutaries, distributaries (if any), its delta and mouth.

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Answer 3

In geomorphology, a drainage system is the pattern formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular watershed. They are governed by the topography of the land, whether a particular region is dominated by hard or soft rocks, and the gradient of the land.

Answer 4

Rivers that are connected together.