Virginia Watershed and Resources

River

A large stream of water leading to a lake, other river, or ocean

Lake

Large body of water with land all or nearly all around it

Bay

Narrower part of an ocean or lake that cuts into land

Natural Resources

A sources of raw material or power provided by nature, as forests, minerals, and water supply

Man-Made Resources

Resources produced by man, rather than nature

Coal

A black or brown mineral, mostly carbon, which gives off heat when burned * Can be used for making fuel, electricity, and steel

Limestone

A type of rock, as marble, that contains mainly calcium carbonate

Granite

A hard, igneous rock that will take a high polish and it’s often used as building materials

Sand

Particles of worn or broken rocks, larger than dust and smaller than gravel (usually found at the beach) * Can be used for making roads and buildings

Gravel

Mixture of small, rounded pebbles and pieces of stone

Watershed

An area over which water on the earth’s surface (and materials it carries) flows to a single collection place.

Watershed Address

The path water travels to get to a larger body of water

“We All Live Downstream”

Water flows from higher elevations to lower elevations and areas affected by the pollution from the higher elevations