Water Unit

Number 1 on the map is Virginia's largest watershed, It is called....

• James River Watershed
• York Watershed
• Potomac Watershed
• Chesapeake River Watershed

Where can wetlands be found

• between dry lands and bodies of water
• in valleys between mountains
• in high elevations between rivers
• between fresh and salt bodies of water

What should the title of this chart be labeled?

• purpose of divides
• purpose of wetlands
• purpose of ecosystems
• purpose of watersheds

what is a wetland?

• an ecological community together with its environment functioning as a unit
• the widening channel of a river where it meets the sea, mixing fresh and salt water
• a lowland area that is saturated with moisture that supports a natural habitat of wildlife
• the region of draining into a river, river system, or other body of water

Flat areas surrounding rivers and streams onto which the water sometimes flow are called/

• drainage basins
• watersheds
• divides
• flood plains

a tributary is

• a stream or river that feeds into a main river
• the main river in a watershed
• an area of land that drains into a river
• a larger river into which many small streams empty

The watershed we live is the...

• James River
• York River
• Potomac River
• Mississippi River

What watershed of Virginia is labeled 1?

• North Carolina Sounds Watershed
• Atlantic Watershed
• Mississippi River Watershed
• Chesapeake Bay Watershed

What is the largest river that eventually receives water from all over Prince William County and empties directly into the Chesapeake Bay?

• James River
• Occoquan River
• Potomac River
• Rappahannock

Estuaries are important because they

• Prevent all runoff water from reaching the ocean
• are sources of freshwater we can use for
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