Watersheds Watersheds The ACF River Basin refers to the watershed of the Apalachicola/ Chattahoochee/ Flint River Basin, in the USA, which begins in northern Georgia and flows into the Gulf of Mexico at Apalachicola Bay, near Apalachicola, Florida. ...more on Wikipedia about "ACF River Basin"
The Bull Run watershed is the primary source of water for Portland, Oregon. It is located in the Mount Hood National Forest, within Multnomah and Clackamas counties. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bull Run Watershed"
In geography, an endorheic basin is a watershed from which there is no outflow of water (either on the surface as rivers, or underground by flow or diffusion through rock or permeable material). The term has Greek roots, endo, "inside" and rhein, "to flow". Any rain (or other precipitation) that falls inside an endorheic basin remains there permanently, leaving the system only by evaporation. Endorheic basins are also called "internal drainage systems". ...more on Wikipedia about "Endorheic"
The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the western United States, commonly defined as the contiguous watershed region, roughly between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada, that has no natural outlet to the sea. The Great Basin Desert is defined by the extent of characteristic plant species, and covers a somewhat different area. The Great Basin Culture Area, home to the Great Basin tribes also extends further to the north and east than the hydrographic basin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Basin"
This is a list of the largest drainage basins in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of drainage basins"
This is a list of the river and lake watersheds in the world larger than 400,000 square kilometers. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of watersheds"
Rupert's Land was a territory consisting of much of modern Canada. It was originally owned by the Hudson's Bay Company, and was named after Prince Rupert, the first governor of the company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rupert's Land"
The Water Keeper Alliance is an environmental organization that grew from an older group known as the River Keepers on the Hudson River in New York state. Today it is a global movement in many countries, devoted to the preservation of watersheds as habitat and as providers of nature's services to those living in or near them. ...more on Wikipedia about "Water Keeper Alliance"
:For other senses of watershed, see watershed (disambiguation). ...more on Wikipedia about "Watershed"
Watershed districts are special government entities in the U.S. state of Minnesota that monitor and regulate the use of water in watersheds surrounding various lakes and rivers in the state. The districts cover the natural regions of the watersheds, rather than politically-defined regions. They are run by a board of managers, who are appointed by commissions in the counties the districts cover. ...more on Wikipedia about "Watershed district"
The Watersheds of Indiana consist of six distinct Indiana watershed regions that drain in to five major bodies of water. ...more on Wikipedia about "Watersheds of Indiana"
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