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    A watershed is defined as an area of land that collects, stores, and releases water to a common point such as a river or lake. The major watersheds in the Portland area include the Clackamas, Columbia, Sandy, Tualatin, and Willamette rivers. A watershed contains streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, hills, mountains, farms, cities, houses, plants, and animals. Human activities such as land use, pollution, erosion, and urban runoff can impact watersheds. Watersheds function by collecting water from precipitation, storing water in soils, wetlands, groundwater, and releasing water through streams and rivers.

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    A watershed is defined as an area of land that collects, stores, and releases water to a common point such as a river or lake. The major watersheds in the Portland area include the Clackamas, Columbia, Sandy, Tualatin, and Willamette rivers. A watershed contains streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, hills, mountains, farms, cities, houses, plants, and animals. Human activities such as land use, pollution, erosion, and urban runoff can impact watersheds. Watersheds function by collecting water from precipitation, storing water in soils, wetlands, groundwater, and releasing water through streams and rivers.

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    A watershed is defined as an area of land that collects, stores, and releases water to a common point such as a river or lake. The major watersheds in the Portland area include the Clackamas, Columbia, Sandy, Tualatin, and Willamette rivers. A watershed contains streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, hills, mountains, farms, cities, houses, plants, and animals. Human activities such as land use, pollution, erosion, and urban runoff can impact watersheds. Watersheds function by collecting water from precipitation, storing water in soils, wetlands, groundwater, and releasing water through streams and rivers.

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    Watershed Introduction

    What is a Watershed?
    An area of land,
    from ridge top to
    ridge top, that
    collects, stores,
    and releases water
    to a common point,
    such as a river or a
    lake

    Portland Area Watersheds


    Clackamas
    Columbia
    Sandy
    Tualatin
    Willamette
    Lower
    Middle

    Whats in a Watershed?
    Streams
    Rivers
    Lakes
    Wetlands
    Hills
    Mountains

    Farms
    Cities
    Houses
    Humans
    Animals
    Plants

    Human Impacts on Watershed


    Land Use
    Pollution
    Too much of a good thing
    Point Sources
    Non-Point Sources

    Erosion
    Natural
    Human-accelerated

    Urban Runoff
    Runoff from:
    Streets
    Parking lots
    Roofs
    Driveways
    Lawns

    Erosion

    Watershed Functions
    COLLECT
    STORE
    RELEASE

    Watershed COLLECT
    Geology
    Mountains, valleys, etc

    Vegetation
    Interception

    Manmade surfaces

    Watershed STORE
    Wetlands, Lakes, Reservoirs
    Soil
    Groundwater
    Snow and Ice
    Biology

    Watershed RELEASE
    Streams and Rivers
    Groundwater
    Evaporation
    Human Engineering

    4 Dimensions to streams/rivers
    Longitudinal
    Lateral
    Vertical
    Temporal/seasonal

    Watershed Sciences
    Geo sciences
    Hydrology
    Chemistry
    Biology
    Ecology

    Geomorphology
    Physical shape
    Parent material
    Soils

    Hydrology

    Chemistry
    Most water quality
    parameters are
    chemical
    measurements
    Nutrients
    Temperature, pH,
    DO, etc

    Biology
    Bacteria
    Algae
    Plants
    Animals

    Ecology
    Terrestrial
    Riparian and Upland Vegetation
    Animals

    Aquatic
    Habitat (pools, LWD, etc)
    Vegetation
    Animals

    How do we study a Watershed?


    If our sampling
    site is at the red
    dot on the
    stream, the water
    we are testing
    could have
    interacted with
    any of the
    watershed area
    upstream of that
    point.

    Clackamas Watershed

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    Clark
    County
    Watersheds

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    Sandy Watershed

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    Tualatin Watershed

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    Lower Willamette Watershed

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    Middle Willamette Watershed

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