The phrase "a system that depends" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a system that relies on certain factors or components for its operation or functionality.
Example: "The software is designed as a system that depends on user input to generate accurate results."
Alternatives: "a system reliant on" or "a system based on".
I don't want a system that depends on clairvoyance or bravery".
Add a growing number of private and corporate craft and put them into a system that depends on antique technology.
If people were satisfied with what they have, what would become of a system that depends upon constant growth?
This is not to mention the unsustainable nature of a system that depends on continuous economic expansion to maintain employment levels.
I hope as unsustainable, but for the most part they've made their money within a system that depends on discrimination and inequality.
"We don't view ourselves as an investigative agency," Keener said of a system that depends heavily on the honesty of parents and coaches.
They instead were creating a system that depended on racial categories.
He described a system that depended on a news staff that knew what issues to avoid and what issues to highlight rather than one that had every decision dictated to it.
Besides, as the Dutch tax system was heavily skewed toward highly regressive indirect taxes, which inordinately burdened the impoverished population, he wanted to change this to a system that depended more on direct (income and wealth) taxes.
A sophisticated system that depends on the astonishingly precise interaction of a large number of cortical areas is the human ability to produce and understand language and music.
Of course, it's easy to underestimate the challenge of building a payroll system that depends on top-to-bottom honesty and accountability in a place like Afghanistan, handicapped as it is by a weak central government, a shortage of trained government officials, endemic corruption -- and an ongoing war.
