Parts of a Watershed
Get with the flow
Health of a watershed
Things you should know
100
This is the place where a river begins.
What is the source?
100
Water flows from ______ land to _____ land.  
What is HIGH to LOW land.
100

The cycle that involves the continuous circulation of water in the Earth-atmosphere system.

What is the water cycle?

100

 A body of porous rock or sediment saturated with groundwater and water is naturally filtered by passing through underground sand layers.

What is an aquifer?

200
This is the place where the river meets the ocean.
What is the mouth?


200
This force of nature determines the way water flows through a watershed. 
What is gravity?
200
This is the name of something that makes clean water dirty.
What are pollutants or contaminants?
200

An area of land that is saturated with water, such as a swamp or marsh.

What is wetlands?

300
Headwaters are located in this type of land.
What is HIGH land?
300
This describes water that flows across the surface of the Earth.
What is runoff?


300

This is the study and description of the physical features of an area

What is topography?

300

The process by which soil and rock are worn away by water, wind, or other natural forces.

What is Erosion?

400
These are smaller, branching streams that flow into larger rivers.
What are tributaries?
400
This describes the process of water leaching or draining into the Earth's soil.
What is infiltration? 
400
This is the reason why the health of watersheds matter.
What is the fact that we drink, cook with, and bathe in water from a watershed?
400

The variety of plant and animal species in an ecosystem.

What is Biodiversity?

500

The natural environment where a plant or animal lives.

What is a Habitat?

500
This is the place where all water eventually flows.
What is the ocean?
500

This is the % of Earth's freshwater that people can use.

What is 1-3% of Earth's freshwater?

500

This is the presence or introduction of harmful substances into the environment.

What is pollution?

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