What Is A Watershed?
Watershed - A watershed is all the land area that drains into a particular body of water, such as a creek, fork, river, swamp, wetland, lake, bay, estuary, gulf, or ocean. A watershed includes not only the streams and rivers that convey the water but also all the land that drains into them. Watersheds for different rivers are separated by major geologic features such as ridges or mountains. Other names for a watershed are drainage area, drainage basin, and river basin.
No matter where you are you are in a watershed, so be a good steward and don't spill or dump toxic materials and trash on the ground. When it rains pollutants either make it into groundwater which is connected to surface water, or they flow into nearby surface waters. Be a good neighbor - we all live downstream!
No matter where you are you are in a watershed, so be a good steward and don't spill or dump toxic materials and trash on the ground. When it rains pollutants either make it into groundwater which is connected to surface water, or they flow into nearby surface waters. Be a good neighbor - we all live downstream!
