What is a watershed?
A watershed is an area of land that drains to a common location. A watershed can vary in size, they can represent the area draining to a small stream to the entire area draining to an ocean. See the diagram below.
Reference provided by: http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/justforkids
Everyone lives in a watershed. Do you know which watershed you live in? Provided below is a map of the Sandusky River Watershed and its subwatersheds. If you live in the Sandusky River Watershed – Can you find the sub-watershed you live in?
Subwatersheds of the Sandusky Watershed by 11-digit Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUC):
010 – Muddy Creek
020 – Sandusky River – Bucyrus
030 – Broken Sword
040 – Sandusky River – Upper Sandusky
050 – Tymochtee – headwaters
060 – Tymochtee – Lower
070 – Sandusky River – Mexico
080 – Honey Creek
090 – Sandusky River – Tiffin
100 – Wolf Creek
110 – Green Creek
120 – Sandusky River – Fremont
130 – South Shore – West
140 – South Shore – East
