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What are watersheds separated from each other by a higher ground?
Watersheds are also known as drainage basins. The most common means to seperate watersheds is in the form of ridges and hills. The largest watershed in the United States is the Mississippi River which drains water from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico.
Do Plates move together or apart at mid ocean ridges?
Mid Ocean ridges separate the plates and create new seafloor. Places where plates converge and disappear into the abyss are called trenches. The Marianas Trench is the deepest trench in the world.
How are watersheds named?
Watersheds are named to provide a common convention for identifying them.The names from the water area that created them.
Name types of plate boundarys found when two plates separate?
These are called divergent plate boundaries marked by ridges, caused by the uplift of crust by rising magma, on either side of a rift valley, where the magma fills in the gap left by the spreading ridges.
What are the factors that will effect the amount of water in watersheds?
certain factors the amount of water that can be stored released by a watersheds to rivers lakes and other bodies of water
What separate watersheds?
Watersheds are also known as drainage basins. The most common means to seperate watersheds is in the form of ridges and hills. The largest watershed in the United States is the Mississippi River which drains water from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico.
What are watersheds separated from each other by a higher ground?
Watersheds are also known as drainage basins. The most common means to seperate watersheds is in the form of ridges and hills. The largest watershed in the United States is the Mississippi River which drains water from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico.
How did the union and confederate lines position themselves at Gettysburg?
They positioned themselves along separate ridges
Are watersheds only in the mountain?
yes watersheds are only in the mountains
How are watersheds divided?
Watersheds are divided by mountains and other big physical features.
How many watersheds are there?
Watershed Mapping Project delineated 81 Major Watersheds covering the state and around 5600 Minor Watersheds that comprised these Major Watersheds.
How many watersheds are in Pennsylvania?
There are 5 watersheds in the state of PA. (major watersheds)
What affects occur when watersheds are overused or mistreated?
What affects occur when watersheds are overused or mistreated?
What are some things watersheds do for animals?
They provide a home and habitat to most animals that live in or around the watersheds.
Do Plates move together or apart at mid ocean ridges?
Mid Ocean ridges separate the plates and create new seafloor. Places where plates converge and disappear into the abyss are called trenches. The Marianas Trench is the deepest trench in the world.
What are the 5 major us watersheds?
The Mississippi, Rio Grande, Colorado, Ohio, and St. Lawrence river watersheds.
How many watersheds are man made?
I don't no how many but Watersheds can be man made although they are mostly naturally formed.
