World Drainage Basins Map

Ridges and hills that separate two watersheds are called the drainage divide. Overlaying basin boundaries with national borders, more than 250 of the 520 major river basins appear to be transboundary, more than 90 basins shared by three or. [citation needed] in north america, surface water drains to the atlantic via the saint lawrence river and great lakes basins, the eastern seaboard of the united states, the canadian maritimes, and most of newfoundland and labrador.

Divide students into small groups and distribute a copy of the worksheet mapping drainage basins and rivers and the maps physical map of europe and country borders in europe to each group. The below map is for visual representation purposes only. The below map is for visual representation purposes only.

Maps of rivers of (country name) the basin is within;

Please contact the division of water resources to review any diversion proposals. Beside its length, the nile river basin contains other unique features among the world large river basins, e.g. 11 rows a drainage basin is defined as the land area where precipitation gathers. This includes the great oceanic drainage basin and the hudson bay basin.