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• Re: Looking for feedback re: watershed description/image

  2021-10-26 14:37:21 UTC

  Hello,
  
  Good question!  I am not an expert, but as a general person in the water industry, I do like the explanation of the watershed and image as it is.  Because a watershed is so large, it makes it difficult to give a concrete example that is easy to grasp.  The image is clean and to the point.  I assume the educational objective is for children to be able to define a watershed.  The image does support the definition. 
  
  As for the human impacts on a watershed, I think this image could be improved.  The image makes it appear that the watershed is only the lake.  The land around a lake may look like this, but it ignores the more congested area that also contributes to the watershed.  I think of the non-point Enviroscope model:  https://www.enviroscapes.com/product/watershed-nonpoint-source-model/hands-on-models.  Can she create an image that shows impacts from a city flowing to a lake?  (I am not an artist - for a reason - so I don't know how challenging this is to do with the space available.)  Maybe she could add more on the hills?  There can be circles at the points above on the hills that accompany text to the side to explain what the pollution is.  For example, a dog could be in the image with a number corresponding to text about pet waste.  Hope that makes sense. 
    

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