Watershed Features

the area of land that is drained by a water system

• watershed

• abiotic factor

• wetland

• tributary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The NAME of the watershed YOU LIVE IN.

• headwaters

• James River Watershed

• Chesapeake Bay Watershed

• marsh wetland

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a ridge / high area of land that separates one watershed from another

• bog

• biotic factor

• channel

• divide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.

• tributary

• Atlantic Ocean

• swamp

• watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the path that a stream or river follows

• Shenandoah River

• channel

• precipitation

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a network of rivers and streams draining a watershed

• headwaters

• divide

• river system

• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the source of a stream or river

• headwaters

• divide

• river system

• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

vegetated area near stream, shady, helps control erosion

• bog

• aquifer

• riparian buffer

• tributary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

underground rock layer that stores water

• bog

• aquifer

• riparian buffer

• tributary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

From Clarke County, the path that our water flows to the Atlantic Ocean

• Opequon Creek to Shenandoah River to Chesapeake Bay to Atlantic Ocean

• Shenandoah River to James River to Rappahannock River to Chesapeake Bay

• James River to Potomac River to Atlantic Ocean

• Shenandoah River to Potomac River to Chesapeake Bay to Atlantic Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4