subwatershed

noun

subwatershed

noun

Etymology From sub- + watershed.

1

Any of several parts of a watershed that drain to a specific location.

Model simulations were conducted in the Gwynns Falls Watershed (171 km 2 ), Maryland, USA, a subwatershed that discharges to the Chesapeake Bay. The three streams included in the Pennino et al.2015 July 18, “Urban Stream Burial Increases Watershed-Scale Nitrate Export”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

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