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Watersheds
6.8 Watersheds
Term | Definition |
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Watershed | Land that water flows across or through on its way to another body of water |
Biotic | living community |
Abiotic | non-living factors |
Dynamic | changing |
monitoring water quality | pH, temperature, salinity, oxygen level, turbidity, macroinvertebrates |
Ridgelines | separate watersheds |
Wetland | transition zone between dry land and water |
Human activities | action by people that can alter the watershed |
Chesapeake Bay | largest estuary in contiguous US |
Estuary | fresh and saltwater need that provides a habitat and nursery for organisms |
Tributary | a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake |
Deforestation | cutting down trees that alters the biotic and abiotic factors |
Sediment | particles in the water |