Virginia Watershed Review

The land that supplies water to a river system.

• Watershed

• Estuary

• Tributary

• Wetland

• River System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The smaller streams and rivers that feed into a main river.

• Watershed

• Tributary

• Estuary

• Wetland

• River System

A river and all its tributaries.

• Watershed

• Tributary

• River System

• Wetland

• Estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A ridge of land that separates one watershed from one another.

• Wetland

• Estuary

• Non-Point source Pollution

• DIvide

• River System

Major rivers in Virginia

• James, York, Rappahannock, Potomac

• Mississippi, James, Potomac, Rappahannock

• Holston, Snake, Potomac, James

• York, New, Rio Grande, James

States in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

• South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Deleware, Pennsylania

• Pennsylania, West Virginia, New York, Virginia, Deleware, Maryland

• North Carolina,, Virginia, Maryland, Deleware, New Jersey, Pennslyvania

• Virginia, Maryland, Deleware, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, North Carolina

An area of land that is covered with shallow layer of water during some or all of the year.

• Watershed

• Tributary

• River System

• Divide

• Wetland

Which of the following is NOT a property of a watershed?

• Sheltered areas of water

• Provide a rich supply of nutrients

• Provide a place for fertilizer and yard waste

• Provide habitats for living things

• Help control floods

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Coastal inlets or bays where water from rivers mix with the salty ocean water.

• Watershed

• Wetland

• Estuary

• Tributary

• River System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Occurs when rainfall, snowmelt, or storm water runs over land or trhought the ground and picks up pollutants.

• Watershed

• Wetland

• River System

• Non-point source pollution

• Estuary