41% of continental United States. Thirty-one states and 2 Canadian provinces are included in the watershed. The total area drained by the watershed is between 1.2 and 1.8 million square miles. http://www.nps.gov/archive/miss/features/factoids/watershed.html
A nested watershed is simply a watershed within a watershed. An example might be the Platte River watershed which is a nested watershed within the Missouri River watershed which in turn is nested within the Mississippi River watershed.
the Connecticut river flows into the long island sound.
James river watershed
* The Roanoke River Watershed. * The Middle James River Watershed, * The Rappahanock RiverWatershed.
connecticut watershed
The Margaree River is a river on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. The northeast branch of the river derives from the watershed of the Cape Breton Highlands.
Jennifer Davis Marx has written: 'Scott River Watershed CRMP Council (Coordinated Resource Management Planning) May 1, 1999 to November 16, 1999 and Scott River Watershed Council November 16, 1999-December 31, 1999' -- subject(s): Scott River Watershed CRMP Council (Calif.), Watershed management, Watershed restoration 'Scott River Watershed Council' -- subject(s): Scott River Watershed CRMP Council (Calif.), Watershed management, Watershed restoration
No. A watershed involves various sources of water that end up in a river or a bay. The Jordan River watershed includes any water that will find its way in to the Jordan River- which is its own entity.
Clinton River Watershed.
The Roanoke River watershed and the New River watershed.
The Mississippi River basin is the largest watershed in the U.S
The Colorado River watershed covers an area of 246,000 square miles.