EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -A watershed is an entire river system-an area drained by a river and its tributaries. It is sometimes called a drainage basin.

Detailed explanation-2: -A watershed is an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet such as the outflow of a reservoir, mouth of a bay, or any point along a stream channel.

Detailed explanation-3: -Precipitation-the ultimate source of water to the watershed. Continuous Ridgeline-determines the boundary line between adjacent watersheds.

Detailed explanation-4: -A watershed, also called a drainage basin or catchment, is an area drained by a river and its tributaries.

Detailed explanation-5: -For example, the watershed of a lake would include not only the streams entering that lake but also the land area that drains into those streams and eventually the lake. Drainage basins generally refer to large watersheds that encompass the watersheds of many smaller rivers and streams.