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Standards for Environment and Ecology |
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4.1.Watersheds
and Wetlands
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Congratulations to:
| Carbon County |
Beth Sheckler |
Montgomery
County
(Abington High School) |
April Lee, Gloria, Owen Cleaver, Ben Costanzi,
Kevin Hess, Kim Kaufman, Lauren Plunkett, Justin Schorr,
Brent McThug, Ji Ah Lee, Ginger Dow, Rebecca Goldberg,
Alex Kanoff, Gina,
Susan Spiegel,
Abbie Klinghoffer,
Gina Bellantoni,
Brian Brotman, |
Montgomery
County
(St. Pius X High School) |
Brittany Buckwalter, Kaitlyn McGonigal, Kendall
Haney,
Ashley Young,
Justin Rakowski,
Victor Antonini,
Michael Ronnermann,
Brooks T Thompson,
Sherri Kowlaczuk,
Annie Vincent,
Andrew Fusco,
Matthew Missimer,
Christie Neiman,
Natasha Adams,
Sara Vattimo,
Corey Taylor,
Sara Hauser,
Kate Joel,
Joe McGrory
Amanda Pinkerton,
Meredith Mack |
| George Washington
School |
Zachary Robkin |
| Venango County |
Larry Spencer, Sue Leese |
| York |
Brian Blum |
Huntingdon
Huntingdon Area Middle School
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Blake Wilson |
| Marin County, CA |
Julie Butler |
for submitting the correct answer!
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Pennsylvania has six major watersheds: the Lake Erie Watershed,
Ohio River Watershed, Susquehanna River Watershed, Potomac
River
Watershed,
Genesee
River Watershed,
and the Delaware River Watershed
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How
are watershed boundaries made?
Watersheds are made by outlining the major
drainage basins on the landscape. This can be done by outlining
the highest points (making sure they connect continuously)
on a topogeographical map. At this point, a drop of water falling
on that line will travel down one of the two watersheds. Watersheds
can be large or small and cover all landscapes from cities
to farmlands. No matter what your watershed looks like, all
watersheds have two things in common: they collect and move
precipitation from higher to lower elevations, ending in a
larger river or body of water, and as rainwater wases over
the land, the water picks up pollutants such as oil, grease,
sediment, pesticides/herbicides, and trash, all eventually
accumulating in rivers or large bodies of water.
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Why
worry about Watersheds?
Watersheds are important to study because we live in them!
They provide us with food, recreation, natural resources, agriculture,
transportation, and industrial opportunities. Most importantly,
they can provide us with clean water which is important to
our health, our environment and our economy. Understanding the
effects of human actions on our watersheds will help us to
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We all live in micro-watersheds which are a part of one
of the six larger watersheds in PA. Do you know which micro-watershed
you live in? Ultimately, what large body of water does your
watershed drain into?
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