Environment :
Watershed districts

The term "watershed" describes an area of land that drains downslope to the lowest point. The water moves through a network of drainage pathways that converge into streams and rivers. Watersheds can be large or small, and Minnesota's largest watersheds each tell an interesting story. We may not have the Rockies, but Minnesota's continental divides send water in three directions. For example, north of the Laurentian divide, water flows northward into Hudson Bay. South of the divide, it flows either through Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean, or south through the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.

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