VIRGINIA'S WATERSHEDS

Anna E. (United States of America)
An area of land that supplies water to a river system
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  1. brackish
    slightly salty
  2. wetland
    an ecosystem, like a bog or swamp, saturated with water
  3. tributary
    a branch that flows into the main stream
  4. watershed
    a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
  5. divide
    a serious disagreement between two groups of people
  6. estuary
    the wide part of a river where it nears the sea
  7. Potomac
    a river in the east central United States
  8. Rappahannock
    a river that flows across eastern Virginia into the Tidewater region
  9. York
    the English royal house that reigned from 1461 to 1485
  10. James
    disciple of Jesus
  11. Chesapeake Bay
    a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River
  12. runoff
    an election to resolve a vote that did not produce a winner
  13. river
    a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
  14. stream
    a natural body of water flowing on or under the earth
  15. riparian
    relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream
  16. buffer
    protect from impact
  17. bay
    an indentation of a shoreline smaller than a gulf
  18. erosion
    the process of wearing or grinding something down
  19. sediment
    matter that has been deposited by some natural process
Created on Fri Mar 26 23:39:06 EDT 2010 (updated Sat Mar 27 15:44:19 EDT 2010)

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