Your Watershed Address

Watersheds Knowledge Quiz

1. What is a watershed?
2. Do you live in a watershed?
3. What is the name of your watershed?
4. How are watersheds named?
5. What is the Mississippi River Basin?
6. What are the east and west boundaries of the Mississippi River Basin?
7. Where does the water from your watershed finally end up?

Write Your Watershed Address

Gather information using the resources and links listed below. Then print the handout, write your own watershed address in the form, and answer the quiz questions.

Watersheds Worksheet

print-ready handout

• Look at the sample watershed address below.
• How is a street address different from a watershed address?
• Can watersheds cross county and state lines?

Links and Resources:

Look for information in these pages. Each link will open in a new window. Close the window to return to this page.

• What is a watershed? Check out the slide show on this page.
• The Ozarks Divide A tale of two raindrops, and where they end up.
• Bryant Creek Watershed Map Do you live in this watershed?
• Local Watersheds Map Do you live in one of these watersheds around Bryant Creek?
• West Plains Watersheds Map: Shows the creeks flowing through West Plains
• North Fork Watershed Map: North Fork River, Douglas, Howell, and Ozark counties
• Eleven Point Watershed Map: Eleven Point River, Howell, Shannon and Oregon counties
• Upper Spring Tributaries Watershed Map: Warm Fork, South Fork, Howell and Oregon counties

• What is the name of the local stream or creek near where you live?
  If you don't know, you can find out by using local maps such as highway maps or county maps. Or you can find it on Topozone. To use Topozone, click the link below. In the search form, type the name of your town and choose your state and county from the dropdown menu, then click on search. http://topozone.com