Watersheds: We all live in a watershed.A watershed is the area that drains to a common waterways, streams, lakes, wetlands, aquifers, or even the ocean is a watershed.Our individual actions can directly affect it. Working together using a watershed approach will help protect our nations water resources.
This picture explains watersheds. When precipitation comes down it goes into the watersheds but if it makes it outside this yellow line then it will go to another common waterway.