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What are Watersheds?

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Watersheds are areas of land where precipitation, snowmelt, brooks, streams, and tributaries flow into a common outlet such as a river, reservoir, or lake. They vary in size, depending on their location, and consist of an area’s total surface and groundwater. Ecologically, they affect the aquatic, terrestrial, floral, faunal, and social qualities of an area through stream flow which is why environmental governance and management are needed to protect them.




 

Contents of this path:

  1. Applegate River Watershed
  2. Ashland Creek Watershed
  3. Bear Creek Watershed
  4. Emigrant Creek Watershed
  5. Little Applegate River Watershed
  6. Little Butte Creek Watershed
  7. Rogue River Watershed