Explain Drainage Pattern
Drainage Pattern Technical Terms
Drainage Pattern: The configuration or arrangement, in plan view, of stream courses in an area, including gullies or first-order channelized flow areas, higher order tributaries, and main streams. Drainage pattern is related to local geologic materials and structure, geomorphologic features, and geomorphic history of an area; major drainage pattern types include dendritic, trellis, artificial, etc. Also called drainage network. SW, GG, WA