Watershed definition

Watershed means a defined land area drained by a river or stream, karst system, or system of connecting rivers or streams such that all surface water within the area flows through a single outlet. In karst areas, the karst feature to which water drains may be considered the single outlet for the watershed.

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Watershed means all the land area that contributes runoff to a particular point along a waterway.

Watershed means a defined land area drained by a river or stream, karst system, or system of connecting rivers or streams such that all surface water within the area flows through a single outlet.

Examples of Watershed in a sentence

• The County reserves the right to require Lessee to implement Best Management Practices (“BMPs”) consistent with applicable Watershed Plans.

• The Commission adopted the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Creek Watershed Management Commission Watershed Management Plan on September 17, 2015 (“Plan”), a watershed management plan within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.231.

• The Clear Creek Watershed spans from its western edge at the Continental Divide to the urbanized plains outside of Denver where Clear Creek joins the South Platte River.

• The purpose of this Agreement is to clarify roles and responsibilities of the Parties in delivering certain activities that are specified in approved grant workplans of grants awarded to Itasca SWCD for the implementation of the Upper Mississippi - Grand Rapids Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan.

• Said documents are to be based on the One Watershed One Plan (1W1P) and have been vetted through the Policy Committee, Steering Committee, and Technical Advisory Committee established in the UMGRWC Agreement.

More Definitions of Watershed

Watershed means a defined land area drained by a river or stream, karst system, or system of

Watershed means the total drainage area contributing runoff to a single point.

Watershed means a geographic region within which water drains into a particular river, stream, or other body of water.

Watershed means the region or area that:

Watershed means the land area that contributes to the flow of water into a receiving body of water. [Sections 373.403(12) and 403.031(18), F.S.]

Watershed means an area of land from which water drains to a common point.

Watershed means a region or area delineated by a topographical divide and draining ultimately to a particular watercourse.