Identify the type of drainage pattern on the basis of the given characteristics: 1. It represents the most common pattern of streams and their tributaries 2. It occurs in areas of uniform rock type and regular slope 3. A map, or aerial photograph, shows a pattern like the veins on a leaf — smaller streams join the main stream at an acute angle

A dendritic drainage pattern resembles the branching of a tree or the veins on a leaf, with tributaries joining the main stream at acute angles. It is the most common drainage pattern globally and develops in regions of uniform lithology and gentle, regular slopes where there is no strong structural control. Radial patterns develop around a central elevated point like a volcano; trellis patterns develop in folded terrain where parallel rivers join right-angled tributaries; centripetal patterns develop where streams converge into a central basin. Hence the description matches dendritic.