Watersheds

            A watershed is an area of land where water flows into a stream, river, lake, or ocean. When rain falls, it runs down the shaped land into streams or different bodies of water becoming part of the watershed. The divide, an imaginary line, is a high area of land drains water down to the two basins. It starts at the headwaters and flows to a mouth or lower basin. We live in the Elm Fork of the Trinity River watershed. We depend on water, so the quality of the watershed should be clean. The activities we do and our water resources affect the quality of our drinking water, recreational activities, and the health of plants or animals. There are many benefits for a community to have a watershed. This would include water filtration, storage, soil formation, nutrient cycling, recreation, and food. Overall watersheds have many benefits if it is kept clean and good quality water.