Watershed Quiz

There are 14 major watersheds in Virginia:
Albemarle Sound Coastal
Atlantic Coastal
Big Sandy River
Chesapeake Bay & Small Coastal
Chowan River
Clinch /Powell Rivers
Holston River
James River
New River
Potomac / Shenandoah River
Rappahannock River
Roanoake River
Yadkin River
York River

1. Which watershed do you live in?
2. Which watershed in Virginia has the greatest percentage of forestland?
3. Which watershed in Virginia has the least percentage of forestland?
4. Which watershed in Virginia has the greatest percentage of residential land?
5. Which watershed in Virginia has the least percentage of residential land?
6. What is the largest land use in your watershed?
7. What is a riparian area?

There are eight land use categories on the map:
Water
Residential
Commercial
Barren
Transitional
Forest
Agriculture
Wetland

1. Which land use do you think does the most to protect water quality in the watershed?
2. Why?
3. Which land use do you think does the least to protect water quality in the watershed?
4. Why?