One example of a watershed is the Hudson River Watershed. This watershed drains freshwater from 5 different states, but the majority of the watershed is located in New York.
In fact, the entire watershed is almost 13,400 square miles and is home to almost 5 million people. That’s almost twice the size of New Jersey!
Water flows from the highest elevation points, like the Adirondack or Catskill Mountains, to a common low area, in this case New York harbor. Water from the harbor eventually flows out into the Atlantic Ocean.
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