VS 4.8 VA Watersheds

Which watershed covers about half of Virginia?

(Hint: it flows through 6 states & serves 18 million people)

• Mississippi River Watershed

• North Carolina Watershed

• Gulf of Mexico Water Shed

• Chesapeake Bay Watershed

What impact does adding pollutants to one mini watershed have on Virginia's waterways?

• Organisms are effected

• More erosion

• No impact

• Waterways will dry out

What direction does the water flow in Riverton?

• North to South

• East to West

• West to East

• Downstream

What what mini watershed is Winchester located in?

• NC Sound

• Shenandoah-Potomac

• Roanoke

• Rappahannock

"We all live downstream" means...

• Water flows from the mountains to the ocean and back again

• Throw your trash downstream so you don't have to deal with it

• Our water quality depends on what happens to the watershed

• We are all connected to each other, in a circle, in a hoop that never ends.

A body of water that is surrounded on 3 sides by LAND & flowers into a larger body of water is called a ________

• Peninsula

• Lake

• Bay

• Reservoir

What is a watershed?

• All of the resources found in water area

• The plants and animals living in one body of water

• The area over which water flows and collects in one place

• All living and nonliving things in one area

A long, ribbon-like waterway that flows to the ocean is called a _______.

• river

• lake

• ocean

• bay

Which of the following is NOT one of Virginia's major watersheds?

• Gulf of Mexico

• NC Sound

• Chesapeake Bay

• Atlantic Ocean

A place where salt water and fresh water meet is called a(n) __________

• Estuary

• Peninsula

• Watershed

• Bay