Vocab
True or False: A watershed is a shed to store bottled water
False
The place where all water in a watershed eventually end up
The Ocean
True or False: You live in a watershed
True
Watershed
The place that our watershed in Harris County drains into.
The Gulf of Mexico
The watershed that you live in
Little Cypress Creek
Any body of water located at the Earth's surface
Surface Water
Another name for a watershed is called a
Drainage Basin
Materials that could infect a watershed, making it unhealthy
Littler, debris, pollution
A small stream that feeds into a larger stream or river.
Tributary
Watersheds are frequently compared to this common household item
a funnel
The large watershed that covers most of Texas
Gulf-Coast Watershed
An overflow of rain or melted snow that cannot be absorbed by the land
Runoff
The two things that define watersheds are
Drainage Divide & Topography
Characteristic of a healthy watershed
good water quality (not pollutants)
diverse plants and animals
low soil erosion