Watershed Test Review 6.8abcdf

A smaller river or stream that flows into the main, larger river is called a:

• Estuary

• Rapids

• Delta

• tributary

This is the area where a watershed begins; it is usually at the highest elevation of the watershed.

• headwaters

• Source

• Origin

• Summit

land from which water drains into a river system

• watershed

• Estuary

• Tributary

• Delta

Flat areas surrounding rivers and streams on to which the water sometimes flows are called_________.

Responses

• Estuaries

• Wetlands

• flood plains

• Tributaries

Smaller watersheds can make up one ___________ 

• river basin

• ocean basin

• large watershed

• lake system

The watershed systems in Virginia lead to which three main bodies of water.

• Hudson River, Potomac River, Atlantic Ocean

• Chesapeake Bay, North Carolina Sounds, Gulf of Mexico

• Ohio River, Mississippi River, Great Lakes

• Missouri River, Arkansas River, Pacific Ocean

A transition zone between dry land and bodies of water.

• wetland

• estuary

• bay

• river

What separates one watershed from another watershed?

• Boundary

• Barrier

• divide

• fence

Wetlands do not

• create river canyons

• filter pollution

• Provide habitat for wildlife

• soak up rising water and prevent flooding

What local watershed do we live in?

• Potomac

• Chesapeake Bay

• James River

• Gulf of Mexico