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?
