What is a Watershed?

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What is a Watershed?
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What is a watershed?
Everybody lives in a watershed because every part
of the earth catches some form of water.
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What is a Watershed?
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Whats in a Watershed?
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What separates one watershed from another
watershed?

• Every watershed is bounded by divides.
• Different streams or rivers empty each watershed.

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The WolfcreekWatershed
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The Lower Great Miami River Watershed
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Ohio Watersheds
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Why is it important to know about watersheds?

• We know this because of how much life we see
  around water.

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Where is the water in this picture?
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Every drop of water that touches the surface of
the ground does one of three things
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Every drop of water that touches the surface of
the ground does one of three things (contd)

1. It evaporates.

• It soaks into the ground.

1. It runs downhill along the ground.

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Watershed Science is
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Sciences of Watershed Science
Also Involved in Watershed Science
Geography
History
Art
Economics
Mathematics
Social Studies
Journalism
Literature
Legal Studies
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We all live in a watershed.
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Remember. . . Everybody Lives Downstream !
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