Watersheds

Watersheds

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12th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is another word for watershed?

Back

drainage basin

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a watershed?

Back

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

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Headwaters are the....

Back

stream or tributary that forms the source of the watershed

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

area, vegetation, soil type, slope

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why do dams negatively impact watersheds?

Back

Inhibits the distribution of nutrients down stream

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Give an example of a sub-watershed.

Back

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

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Give an example of a major divide in the USA

Back

Eastern Continental Divide

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