Lesson 1 Worksheet:
Watersheds and Natural Boundaries


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1.  What is a watershed (in your own words) ?
 
 

2.  What is a watershed boundary?
 
 

3.  What is the Continental Divide?
 
 

4.  Are you in a watershed right now?
 
 

5.  What is the main river that flows through Fort Collins?
 
 

6.  What rivers does water from the Poudre River flow into before it reaches the Gulf of Mexico?
 
 

7.  What city does the Mississippi River flow through just before it reaches the Gulf of Mexico?
 
 

8.   Describe the difference between a political boundary and a natural boundary?
 
 
 


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