Virginia Watersheds

What three bodies of water do Virginia's watersheds lead to

• Chesapeake Bay

• Gulf of Mexico

• North Carolina Sounds

• Atlantic Ocean

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What does a watershed divide do?

• It divides two rivers

• It divides two watersheds

• It divides water causing it to travel towards a specific body of water

• It divides planets

The more tributaries a body of water has the ______________ that body of water will be.

• lighter

• darker

• smaller

• larger

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When the water rises to high in a river is flows into the __________________.

• divide

• tributary

• Flood plain

• estuary

Floodplains are really important habitats because

• Some animals and plants can only live in floodplains

• Water gets cleaned from pollutants by the sand, clay, and soil found in a floodplain

• Some animals and plants would die without floodplains

• Floodplains are full of nutrients and minerals.

If a tributary is polluted it will cause

• the body of water it leads to, to become polluted.

• the body of water it leads to, to become cleaner.

• the body of water it leads to, to become smaller.

• the body of water it leads to, to become larger.