Small streams together with the watershed are called?

Small streams together with the watershed are called?

• A. Tributaries
• B. River system
• C. Marshes
• D. Groundwater

Answer: (A)

In hydrology, tributaries are the smaller streams that flow into a larger stream or river within a watershed, forming the drainage network that drains the land. So, when describing the smaller feeder streams that add water to the main channel inside a watershed, the term tributaries is the precise fit. A river system would refer to the entire network, including the main river and all its tributaries, while marshes are wetlands and groundwater is water underground, not surface streams.

In hydrology, tributaries are the smaller streams that flow into a larger stream or river within a watershed, forming the drainage network that drains the land. So, when describing the smaller feeder streams that add water to the main channel inside a watershed, the term tributaries is the precise fit. A river system would refer to the entire network, including the main river and all its tributaries, while marshes are wetlands and groundwater is water underground, not surface streams.