Wallkill Watershed

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Wallkill Watershed
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• A watershed is a ridge of land that separates to
  rivers that are next to each other.

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Plant Life

• Sugar maple is related to a maple tree. It has
  hundreds of thousands of gallons of maple syrup.
  The wood is strong and tough. Its height is
  25-35 meters. On occasion it will reach 45
  meters.

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• Eastern Cottonwood is a popular native to North
  America. It is a large growing tree 20-40 meters
  tall The tree can change its bark colors to be
  silvery white or a dark gray.

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• The red oak/Champion Oak grows straight and tall
  to 35m,(115 ft). It has stout branches growing at
  right angles to the stem. It grows rapidly and is
  tolerant to many soils and varied situations
  although it prefers glacial drift and
  well-drained borders of streams
• From Wikipedia.Org

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Animals

• The black bear lives through 41 of the 50
  states. It usually grows to the length of 150 to
  180 centimeters. Female black bears are 30
  smaller than males. Males weigh 162 through 275
  Kilograms. The females weight ranges from 40-180
  kilograms.

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• Coyote also know as the American Jackal can be
  found in North and Central America ranging from
  Panama to northern Mexico.
• coyote grows up to 75 to 85 centimeters and
  can weigh up to 7 through 21n kilometers.

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• Canadian goose

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Pollution

• There is a project that includes stream sampling
  and technical studies at locations throughout the
  Wallkill watershed. Pollution kills animal and
  plants. It poisons the water." There is also a
  litter problem.

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Solutions to pollution

• Some solutions to pollution are not to liter
  because it kills animals because they eat the
  garbage.

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Work sited

• Wikipedia. com
• Google. com
• Wallkillwatershed. com