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Getting to know your local watershed

Description

Watersheds have three primary purposes: to capture water, store it in the soil and release it. Yet each watershed is a unique biological and physical process, making it difficult to draw generalized management recommendations for protecting a watershed. Watersheds are continually changing and evolving. Some changes are natural, or are accelerated by human activities. Importantly, a watershed contains information about all the things happening within it: climate, soil moisture, soil texture, organic matter and chemistry, topography and drainage paths.

Updated

January 1, 2002

Tags
groundwater water conservation water management watershed

Title and publication information

Type
Guide
Alternative Title

Understanding watershed management

Extent

12 pages

Frequency

Once

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development (1992-2006)

Contributor

Briody, Fiona

Contributor

Yakimishyn, Karen

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Topic
Agriculture
Subject (LCSH)

Watersheds.

Subject (LCSH)

Watershed management.

Subject (LCSH)

Water conservation.

Resource Dates

Date Created

2002-01-01

Date Added

2016-01-13T23:42:23.304895

Date Modified

2002-01-01

Date Issued

2002-01-01

Audience information

Identifiers

AGDEX number

576-8

NEOS catalogue key

2607642

Usage / Licence

Contact

Contact Name

Agriculture and Forestry

Contact Email

duke@gov.ab.ca