Watch the lecture video.
Lab Assignment
Submit your answers for the following questions in the lab manual:
Page 7-2 Questions 1-2
Page 7-6 Questions 1-3 and a picture of your map on 7-5
Page 7-7 Table and Questions 1-2. For this you will need these maps - Land cover - soil types maps.pdf. Download Land cover - soil types maps.pdf.And the table is asking for the percentage of each land cover or soil type. You get to choose which category goes into #1, #2 or #3. Just be sure to label which categories you choose.
- Extra Stuff
- If you want to learn more about watersheds in your area, check out the EnviroAtlas (https://enviroatlas.epa.gov/enviroatlas/interactivemap/Links to an external site.). This is a really nice interactive map that shows you the distribution of a lot of different environmental data. You can find watershed data under Hydrologic Features near the bottom of the left menu. You can also find land cover under Land Cover:Type and then the National Land Cover Database.