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Raindrop to the Bay

By Kathy Woodard

Presentation by LEEP: Lake Anna Environmental Education Program

Lessons from the Bay Virginia Department of Education



Follow a

raindrop·s journey«

Lake Anna

Chesapeake Bay

« fromLouisa tothe Bay!

As we«Lessons from the Bay Virginia Department of Education



http://www.maps.com/explore/atlas/physical/North_America_United_States_Virginia.html

Downhill! Downhill: this

map shows

elevation² tan

parts mountains,

then f oothills,

green partscloser to sea

level




http://www.epa.gov/win/what.html

A watershed is

all the land thatdrains into a

body of water.

So when it rains

some of the

water soaks into

the gr ound

(which we then

pump up withour wells). The

rest flows over

the gr ound into

streams, ponds,

creeks, and into

this river. So all

this land is partof the watershed

of this river.²

Not this part

because that

flows down this

way. That would

be part of adifferent

watershed.




What watershed

are we a part of?

http://www.epa.gov/surf3/locate/map2.html

EPA has a great

website²Surf

your Watershed±

we click on VA




Virginia

Watersheds

Then we click on

where Louisa

is«




Pamunkey River Watershed

http://www.epa.gov/surf3/hucs/02080106/

Here is our local

watershed- see

Louisa, Lake

Anna--- all

creeks/streams

flow to N/S Anna Rivers±

which join to

f orm the

Pamunkey River




http://www.mpra.org/celebrat.htm#gallery

Kayaking on the

Pamunkey River

Here are some

people frp, the

MPRA kayaking

on the

Pamunkey River,

and all the water in the Pamunkey

comes fr om our

local watershed.




Pamunkey Joins the Mattaponi

River to Form the York River

The water

doesn¶t stop

there. See, the

yellow area is

our Pamunkey

Watershed. TheP joins the M to

f orm the York.

So we are also

part of a bigger

watershed: The

York Watershed.




http://www.dcr.state.va.us/parks/pictures/yorkfoto

Canoeing at the

York River State Park




http://www.mpt.org/learningworks/baytrippers/explore/forests.htm

T he Pamunkey

Watershed is asmall part of the64,000 square

miles of land thatdrain into theChesapeake Bay.

You can see how

huge it is, here

is Virginia«




Everyone has aWatershed Address:

Louisa County Library, Parking lot,High School pond, creek behind High School,Northeast Creek Reservoir, Northeast Creek,

South Anna River, Pamunkey River,York River, Chesapeake Bay

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R. DropCloud 9, Sky




Let·s follow the

path of araindrop thatfalls on Brackett

Farm!

Photos, this page, courtesy of Brackett Farm




Brackett Farm, Bunch CreekNolting Pond, Hudson Creek,South Anna River, Pamunkey River,York River, Chesapeake Bay

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R. DropCloud 9, Sky

Brackett Farm·s

Watershed Address:




Bunch Creek«




«flows into Nolting Pond.




T he pond flows into Hudson Creek.




Hudson Creek flows into theSouth Anna River.




T rees slowthe

raindrops.




Roots hold the soiland reduce erosion.




T ree cover cools the water.Lessons from the Bay Virginia Department of Education



Confluence of the North Annaand South Anna Rivers

North Anna

South Anna

Pamunkey




Paddling the PamunkeyLessons from the Bay Virginia Department of Education



http://www.dcr.state.va.us/parks/pictures/yorkfoto

We drive past the York River«




A few hours later we spot land«




«just barely above sealevel!




Photos byKathy WoodardBrackett Farm (farmhouse, feeding calf, Nolting Pond)

URL·s cited for online maps and photos


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