WONDERS OF THE WATERSHED

SOIL/SEDIMENT

• Stores water
• Made up of many different things
• Varying nutrient levels

SOIL/SEDIMENT

• oak trees
• evergreen trees
• nutrients are in the Soil
• protection for animals

WATER POLLUTION

• Harmful things in the water
• Can come in many different forms
• Any water can be affected
• oil from passing cars

WATER POLLUTION

• it can make the animals sick
• It also kills plants and animals
• dirty drinking water is especially bad for humans to drink
• difficult to clean up and stays for a long time

RAIN WATER

• Supplies drinking water
• Stored as snow in the mountains
• Feeds streams.

RAIN WATER

• can sweep pollution into watersheds
• some precipitation seeps into the soil and becomes ground water
• Precipitation supplies most of the water fir the watersheds

TREES

• Stop erosion
• Provide food for animals
• Gives streams nutrients

TREES

• Trees feed and provide habitat for birds and small rodents
• Trees provide shade that cools the water, increasing oxygen levels for Salmon
• Shade from the trees also cool animals during hot summers

SALMON

• They are killed by water pollution
• they thrive in areas shaded by trees
• Sediment provides nutrients that the salmon need to live
• Oxygen dissolved in water is needed by fish to survive

SALMON

• salmon need water to live in.
• The water also provides nutrients and food for the salmon
• Pollution in the water can kil the salmon