A watershed is an area of land that divides streams and rivers that drain into different bodies of water. Watersheds perform several important functions: they clean water through processes such as surface runoff and put the water into drinking condition. This is vital as the Mississippi watershed alone cleans and produces 40% of water for the United States. Watersheds are also important for recreation for animals and humans. There are 25 watersheds located within Canada.

1. Watersheds

2. Main groups
 What is a watershed
 A watersheds function
 Why we use watersheds
The importance of watersheds
 How a watershed cleans water
 Quiz
 Puzzle

3. What is a watershed
 A watershed is a area/ridge of land that divides water
from flowing to different rivers, basins or seas.
 There are 25 watersheds in Canada.

4. A watersheds function
 Basin
 Catchment
 Upstream
 Downstream
 One body of water
 Precipitation

5. Why we use watersheds
Watersheds are important because it cleans the water
enough for us to drink.
Watersheds are implementing water quality protection and
restoration services every day.
Fun Fact: The Mississippi watershed is the biggest
watershed in North America.

6. The importance of
watersheds
The Mississippi watershed cleans and produces 40% of
all the water in the United States.
Watersheds clean the water enough for us to drink.
Watersheds provide recreation for animals and people.
Watersheds also clean storm water by putting the water
into a surface runoff.
There are 25 watersheds in Canada.

7. How a watershed cleans
water
A watershed describes a piece of land that has a
set of streams and rivers that all drain into a
larger body of water, such as a larger river a lake
or a ocean.

8. Quiz
 What percent of water does the Mississippi watershed
clean and produce for the United States?
 How many watersheds are in Canada?
 Where does all the water upstream go?
 Where does all the water downstream go?
 What is a watershed also known as?

9. Puzzle
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