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Virginia Watershed and Resources

Virginia Watershed and Resources. River. A large stream of water leading to a lake, other river, or ocean. Lake. Large body of water with land all or nearly all around it. Bay. Narrower part of an ocean or lake that cuts into land. Natural Resources.

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Virginia Watershed and Resources

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  1. Virginia Watershed and Resources

  2. River

  3. A large stream of water leading to a lake, other river, or ocean

  4. Lake

  5. Large body of water with land all or nearly all around it

  6. Bay

  7. Narrower part of an ocean or lake that cuts into land

  8. Natural Resources

  9. A sources of raw material or power provided by nature, as forests, minerals, and water supply

  10. Man-Made Resources

  11. Resources produced by man, rather than nature

  12. Coal

  13. A black or brown mineral, mostly carbon, which gives off heat when burned * Can be used for making fuel, electricity, and steel

  14. Limestone

  15. A type of rock, as marble, that contains mainly calcium carbonate

  16. Granite

  17. A hard, igneous rock that will take a high polish and it’s often used as building materials

  18. Sand

  19. Particles of worn or broken rocks, larger than dust and smaller than gravel (usually found at the beach) * Can be used for making roads and buildings

  20. Gravel

  21. Mixture of small, rounded pebbles and pieces of stone

  22. Watershed

  23. An area over which water on the earth’s surface (and materials it carries) flows to a single collection place.

  24. Watershed Address

  25. The path water travels to get to a larger body of water

  26. “We All Live Downstream”

  27. Water flows from higher elevations to lower elevations and areas affected by the pollution from the higher elevations

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