Watersheds: the neighborhoods built around moisture

September 15, 2015
Who, or what, depends on the moisture coming from one area? A watershed is water shared.

Who, or what, depends on the moisture coming from one area? A watershed is an unofficial community built around water shared.

Rain falls, washes into streams or soaks into the earth, and joins with water from many places to support an environmental community, a watershed.

A watershed includes all the plants, animals—from dragonflies to grizzly bears—and people that depend on the moisture that falls or flows in one area.

(From page 32, Water Runs Through This Book)


Nancy Bo Flood

As a fish-brain surgeon or a rodeo poem wrangler, I have loved stories. I strongly believe that words – in poetry or prose – help heal our hearts and give us new eyes to see the world. I was first a research psychologist studying brain development at the University of Minnesota and London University before following my passion – writing for children. Learn more...