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Watershed definitions for streams

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-030184

"A region or area bounded peripherally by a water parting and draining ultimately to a particular watercourse or body of water." Common to apply definition at confluences. Definition is hydrologic but typical to use terrain elevation to define watershed boundaries. Definition applies to any point on a stream network. See: Selecting a Watershed.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-030184
FieldEnvironment
SubjectWater
ReferencesAquatic Resource Monitoring - Terminology
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030184",
  "term": "Watershed definitions for streams",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Watershed Definitions for Streams",
  "definition": "\"A region or area bounded peripherally by a water parting and draining ultimately to a particular watercourse or body of water.\" Common to apply definition at confluences. Definition is hydrologic but typical to use terrain elevation to define watershed boundaries. Definition applies to any point on a stream network. See: Selecting a Watershed.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Aquatic Resource Monitoring - Terminology"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/watershed-definitions-for-streams/"
}

Record 29,354 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.