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What is a watershed?

What is a watershed?. Watershed:. The area of land that drains into a river system is known as a watershed. http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofTdglXriug. What is Groundwater?. Groundwater is water that is located underground.

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What is a watershed?

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  1. What is a watershed?

  2. Watershed: • The area of land that drains into a river system is known as a watershed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofTdglXriug

  3. What is Groundwater? • Groundwater is water that is located underground. • In fact, half of everyone in the United States drinks groundwater everyday! • Groundwater is even used to irrigate crops which grow food for tonight's dinner.

  4. Watershed Diagram The area of land that drains into a river system.

  5. Our Virginia Watershed Areas • A watershed can be found almost anywhere. It is defined as the flow of water from a high to low place, over or under land. • Whenever you see a creek, stream, river, delta, lake or ocean you see a part of the watershed.

  6. Agricultural Runoff • Agricultural runoff includes pesticides, animal waste, salts, fertilizers, decomposed food, and trash or plastics used in running the farms or ranches. Urban (city) Runoff • Urban runoff is another leading causes of bad water quality. Water from lawns with fertilizer, trash, oil from cars, factory pollution, or a/c waste absorbs into the ground.

  7. Threats like those produced from agricultural runoff and suburban sprawl are destroying our clean water, the animals and plants that live in or near the water.

  8. http://www.cleanwatermn.org/Resources/Video---Voice.aspx http://player.discoveryeducation.com/views/hh_httpView.cfm?guidAssetId=9b2f7923-d824-42c7-a7f7-a35cced7ce52

  9. Estuary Tributary Wetlands Erosion Aquifer Point-pollution Non-point pollution New Vocabulary:

  10. Words to KNOW: • Ecosystem- all living and non-living things that interact in a particular area. Biotic factors: All living organisms Examples: animals like geese, ducks, foxes (other species) & plants including moss or algae Abiotic factors: All non-living things Examples: rocks, soil, sunlight, water, oxygen, temperature, salinity

  11. Biotic or Abiotic? http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/30707-assignment-discovery-abiotic-and-biotic-factors-video.htm

  12. Food Chains

  13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ63xGJY4pM

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