Saturday, December 26, 2009

What parts of the environment, natural and manmade, make up a watershed? Give examples of each.?

please give exaples so i can understand it better please -thanksWhat parts of the environment, natural and manmade, make up a watershed? Give examples of each.?
A watershed is any point on a body of water and all areas ';uphill'; from that point so that when it rains, all the water falling upstream flows through that point.





The parts of the environment, natural and manmade, that make up a watershed would be anything that exists within that area where the water drains through to that downstream point - houses, trees, golf courses, acid mine drainage, mountains (at least the side that the water runs off), roads, rocks, dams, etc.





Maybe some illustrations will help:


http://www.recycleworks.org/images/water鈥?/a>


http://www.rcrc.nm.org/images/watershed-鈥?/a>


http://www.awag.org/Education/Watershed_鈥?/a>

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