Colorado Reader April 2019: Where does our water come from? | Page 3

Locating Your Watershed
On the map below, complete these steps:
Step 1: Place a star
where you live.
Step 2: Color your
watershed yellow.
Step 3: Trace the border of the
South Platte Watershed in green.
Step 4: Draw diagonal lines
on the watersheds with
rivers that will carry water
toward the Atlantic Ocean.
Step 5: Draw horizontal lines on
the watersheds with rivers that
carry water to the Pacific Ocean.

Step 6: Draw a compass
rose on the map to indicate
North, East, South, and West.
Step 7: The ninth water basin,
the one around the city of
Denver, is missing from this
map. Can you draw it in?
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