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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > natural resources > land resources > watersheds
Preferred Term:

watersheds

Definition:
The land area that drains water to a particular stream, river, or lake. It is a land feature that can be identified by tracing a line along the highest elevations between two areas on a map, often a ridge.
Concept Schemes:
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NALT Full
Broader Concept:
land resources
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Entry Terms:
  • drainage divides
  • drainage basins
  • lake basins
  • river basins
  • catchments
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5500
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2018-10-16
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