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Virginia Watershed and Resources
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River
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A large stream of water leading to a lake, other river, or ocean
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Lake
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Large body of water with land all or nearly all around it
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Bay
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Narrower part of an ocean or lake that cuts into land
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Natural Resources
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A sources of raw material or power provided by nature, as forests, minerals, and water supply
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Man-Made Resources
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Resources produced by man, rather than nature
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Coal
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A black or brown mineral, mostly carbon, which gives off heat when burned * Can be used for making fuel, electricity, and steel
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Limestone
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A type of rock, as marble, that contains mainly calcium carbonate
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Granite
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A hard, igneous rock that will take a high polish and it’s often used as building materials
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Sand
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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
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Gravel
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Mixture of small, rounded pebbles and pieces of stone
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Watershed
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An area over which water on the earth’s surface (and materials it carries) flows to a single collection place.
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Watershed Address
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The path water travels to get to a larger body of water
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“We All Live Downstream”
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Water flows from higher elevations to lower elevations and areas affected by the pollution from the higher elevations
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