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| Title: | DRAINAGE BASIN AND RIVER PROFILE |
| Caption: | Idealized diagram of the Fox River showing (a) its drainage basin outlined by the black dashed line, that is, the area where surface runoff drains into the river or its tributaries. (b) The longitudinal profile from point A at the river's head to point B at the river's mouth; note that the vertical scale on this diagram is greatly exaggerated. (c) The V-shaped cross section of the river valley near its headwaters where the valley floor is mainly the channel. (d) A cross section of the valley on the coastal plain where the valley floor is mainly the floodplain. |
| Keywords: | streams, rivers, water, drainage basins, tributary, tributaries, divides, floods, floodplains, longitudinal profiles, gradients |