Watersheds

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What is another word for watershed?

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drainage basin

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What is a watershed?

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An area of land in which all the water that enters it, drains into a common body of water

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Headwaters are the....

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stream or tributary that forms the source of the watershed

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How are watersheds characterized? Options: area, vegetation, soil type, slope,

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area, vegetation, soil type, slope

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Why do dams negatively impact watersheds?

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Inhibits the distribution of nutrients down stream

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Give an example of a sub-watershed.

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A source pond flowing into a tributary that eventually flows into the river

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Give an example of a major divide in the USA

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Eastern Continental Divide

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The water cycle and watersheds are directly associated with one another.

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True