Watersheds and estuaries

The boundary around a watershed is called the

• watershed.

• divide.

• sub-watershed.

• transpiration.

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What is a channel of water that flows into a larger one?

• Estuary

• Floodplain

• Wetland

• Tributary

Which state is NOT included in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

• Virginia

• Maine

• New York

• Pennsylvania

Which watershed is number 1 on the map?

• Gulf of Mexico

• North Carolina Sounds

• Chesapeake Bay

• All of the above

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What watershed is number 3 on the map?

• North Carolina Sounds

• Gulf of Mexico

• Chesapeake Bay

• All of the above

What watershed is number 2 on the map?

• North Carolina Sounds

• Gulf of Mexico

• Chesapeake Bay

• All of the above

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A place where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean.

• Estuary

• Divide

• Wetland

• Tributary

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The small rivers in this diagram to connect together represent...

• Tributaries

• Run-off

• The Floodplain

• The Watershed Boundaries

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An area of land where the surface water and groundwater drain into a particular body of water

• Watershed

• Drainage Divide

• Erosion

• Aquifer

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Match the following

• runoff

• streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, oceans

• surface water

• water traveling over the land surface before reaching a stream

• fertilizers and pesticides

• water that soaks into and collects under the ground

• groundwater

• common farming pollutants

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