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4.2 - Drainage Basins

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  • ✓Explain that rivers carry excess water from a drainage basin to the sea.
  • ✓Recognise and describe dendritic, radial and trellised drainage patterns.
  • ✓Apply drainage pattern knowledge to Caribbean examples.
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When a heavy Caribbean shower ends, where does the ‘extra’ water go? Some soaks in, but the rest has to move away, and rivers are the main escape routes. A drainage basin works like a big outdoor funnel: every drop inside the boundary eventually aims for the same main river (and then the sea).
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When a heavy Caribbean shower ends, where does the ‘extra’ water go? Some soaks in, but the rest has to move away, and rivers are the main escape routes. A drainage basin works like a big outdoor funnel: every drop inside the boundary eventually aims for the same main river (and then the sea).
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