River Basin Activity
Purpose: To become familiar with North Carolina’s river basins.
Procedure:
1. Color the different river basins on the back of this sheet. (the
purpose of this is so that you can differentiate the river basins a
little easier & to give you a little bit of time to look at the size and
shape of the water basins.
2. Answer the questions below based on that map.
Questions:
1. What 4 river basins are found only in NC?
a. _________________________
c. _______________________________
b. _________________________
d. _______________________________
2. Which river basin is the biggest? _______________________________________________
3. Which river basin has the least amount of land inside of NC’s borders? _____________________
4. Which river basin is the furthest to the east? _____________________________________________
5. Which river basin is the furthest to the west? ____________________________________________
6. Where do the rivers in the river basins appear to flow (i.e. where do they dump out)? ________
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7. How many river basins appear to stretch down into South Carolina? __________ They are:
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8. Which river basin do we live in here in south Charlotte? __________________________________
9. Why might South Carolina sue the city of Charlotte over it’s water usage & pollution?
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10. Why are there so many more river basins in the western part of NC than in the eastern part of
NC? _______________________________________________________________________________