where does your water shed?
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Where does your water shed?. National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Poster Contest Promotion 2013 Contest. nacdnet.org. Direct Uses of Water. Turning on a faucet, bathing, watering the yard, etc. are direct uses of water. nacdnet.org. Indirect Uses of Water. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Where does your water shed?National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD)
Poster Contest Promotion2013 Contest
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Direct Uses of Water
• Turning on a faucet, bathing, watering the yard, etc. are direct uses of water.
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Indirect Uses of Water• The water that goes into producing the food
people eat and the various products they use and consume are indirect uses of water.
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Nature recycles water in an endless cycle
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What is a Watershed?
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Everyone lives in a watershed
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Which way does the water shed?
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Which way does the water shed?
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Which way does the water shed?
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Everyone lives in a watershed
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Earth's Water Facts
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Of all water on earth•97.5% is salt water, and of the remaining 2.5% fresh water, some 70% is frozen in the polar icecaps. The other 30% is mostly present as soil moisture or lies in underground aquifers. In the end, less than 1% of the world's fresh water (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) is readily accessible for direct human uses. It is found in lakes, rivers, reservoirs and in underground sources.
Earth's Water Facts
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• The most common substance found on earth is water. Water is the only substance found naturally in three forms: solid, liquid, and gas.
• An acre of corn gives off 4,000 gallons of water per day in evaporation.
How much is a gallon?
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• If all the earth's water fit in a gallon jug, available fresh water would equal just over a tablespoon.
Earth's Water Facts
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• About 4,000 gallons of water are needed to grow one bushel of corn, 11,000 gallons to grow one bushel of wheat, and about 135,000 gallons to grow one ton of alfalfa.
• About 1,400 gallons of water are used to produce a meal of a quarter- pound
hamburger, an order of fries and a soft drink.
Great Lakes water resource region
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Smaller watershed locatedwithin this region
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Let’s look closer
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Until you find the watershed that is location within your own county
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Litter
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Recycle
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Conservation practices protect water
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Conservation practices protect water
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You can help!
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