This document discusses key concepts about watersheds including that a watershed is an area of land where precipitation drains to a common outlet, it notes the Chesapeake Bay is our local watershed, and that human effects like pollution entered in one part of a watershed ultimately drain to a common location, potentially impacting the entire watershed.

1. Notes:
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Key Words and
Questions:
Watershed Notes

2. Tributary
Systems
• A system of streams that feed into a single stream

3. Watershed
• An area of land upon which all precipitation drains to a
common outlet (also known as a drainage basin)

4. What is our
watershed?
• Chesapeake Bay Watershed

5. Parts of a
Watershed
a. Lakes
b. Streams
c. Rivers
d. Reservoirs
e. Groundwater
f. Mini-Watersheds

6. Drainage
Divide
• Boundaries between adjacent watersheds

7. Human
Effects on a
Watershed
• Since all the water drains to a common source, all waste
or pollutants that enter a single tributary head to a
common location