Define Your Watershed
Introduction Activity in the
Jordan River Watershed
Supplement
What is a Watershed?
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Watershed
Outlet
Mainstem
Divide
Sub-basin
Utah’s Watersheds
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Bear River Watershed
Weber River Watershed
Jordan River Watershed
Great Basin Watershed (no
mainstem)
Colorado River Watershed
Sevier River Watershed
Cedar/Beaver River
Watershed
Which watershed do you live in?
Great Salt Lake Watershed
• 3 smaller watersheds
feed into the larger Great
Salt Lake Watershed
– Bear RW
– Weber-Ogden RW
– Jordan RW
• Boundary and divides
• General direction of flow
Jordan River/Utah Lake Watershed
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The Jordan River
Watershed is really
2 watersheds in one:
1. Jordan River Watershed
2. Utah Lake Watershed
Now its your turn!
• Delineate the Jordan River Watershed
• On your map:
1. mainstem (BLUE)
2. major tributaries (RED)
3. smaller tributaries (GREEN)
4. divide (ORANGE DOTS)
5. watershed boundary (PURPLE)
Jordan River Watershed
Delineation
1. Color the main stem
of the stream BLUE.
Jordan River Watershed
Delineation
2. Color the major
tributaries coming into
the main stem RED.
Jordan River Watershed
Delineation
3. Color the smaller
tributaries leading into
the bigger tributaries
GREEN.
Jordan River Watershed
Delineation
4. Put ORANGE dots
at:
- the highest point of
the tributaries and
mountains
- at the outlet
Jordan River Watershed
Delineation
5. Connect the orange
dots with a PURPLE
line. This is the
boundary of your
watershed.
Jordan River Watershed
On your map, identify:
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Mainstem
Tributaries
Headwaters
Outlet
Confluence
Divide
Watershed boundary
Direction of flow
Jordan River Watershed
Trace and label the following:
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Mainstem in BLUE:
- Jordan River (2)
2.
7 major eastern tributaries in
RED (from the south to the
north):
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Little Cottonwood Creek (3)
Big Cottonwood Creek (4)
Mill Creek (5)
Parley’s Creek (6)
Emigration Creek (7)
Red Butte Creek (8)
City Creek (9)
Jordan River Watershed
3.
7 major western tributaries
in RED (from the south to the
north):
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Wood Hollow Creek (10)
Rose Creek (11)
Butterfield Creek (12)
Midas Creek (13)
Bingham Creek (14)
Smaller tributaries that feed
into the red tributaries in
GREEN
Jordan River Watershed
5.
Mark 3 “reference” points
with an ORANGE dot.
6.
Mark highest points of the
tributaries (divides) with an
ORANGE dot.
7.
Connect the ORANGE dots
with a PURPLE line
(watershed boundary).
Jordan River Watershed
Protected Watersheds
• The 7 sub-watersheds on
the EAST side of Salt
Lake Valley are
“Protected Watersheds”
• They supply us with 57%
our drinking water!