drainage
Drainage systems move unwanted water away. This topic is part of Civil Engineering within Technology. This page currently draws on 23 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
drainage trivia questions
Drainage is the removal of excess what?
Answer: Water
Bonus fact: Drainage systems move unwanted water away.
What roadside channel carries stormwater parallel to a road?
Answer: Ditch
Bonus fact: Roadside ditches collect and convey runoff.
What engineering problem occurs when soil remains saturated because drainage is poor?
Answer: Waterlogging
Bonus fact: Waterlogging deprives roots of oxygen and weakens soils.
What major continental drainage divide follows portions of the Rockies?
Answer: Continental Divide
Bonus fact: Water on opposite sides drains toward different oceans.
A drainage basin collects water that flows into what?
Answer: A river system or other common outlet
Bonus fact: Tributaries and surface runoff feed the same drainage network.
What separates one drainage basin from another?
Answer: Drainage divide
Bonus fact: Divides are often ridges or elevated terrain.
The Amazon drainage basin empties into which ocean?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean
Bonus fact: The Amazon basin is the largest drainage basin on Earth.
Which U.S. national park contains a triple divide where water can flow toward three major North American drainage systems?
Answer: Glacier National Park
Bonus fact: NPS says Triple Divide Peak can send water toward the Missouri-Mississippi system, the Columbia system, and the Saskatchewan-Hudson Bay system.
What kind of drainage basin is the Tularosa Basin?
Answer: Closed basin with no surface outlet
Bonus fact: NPS notes that groundwater can move slowly southward even though surface drainage has no outlet.
A culvert allows water to pass under what?
Answer: Roads or embankments
Bonus fact: Culverts carry streams or drainage beneath infrastructure.
What material is commonly used as ballast beneath railroad tracks?
Answer: Crushed stone
Bonus fact: Railroad ballast supports ties and aids drainage.
What kind of landscape with caves and sinkholes is known as karst?
Answer: Soluble-rock terrain
Bonus fact: Karst drainage often runs underground.