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This is a glossary of creek and watershed terms used on this website and in CCWF publications.
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Watershed
- The simplest definition of a watershed is an area of land that drains precipitated waters to a given reference point, typically a confluence with another major creek or large water body.
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Vector
- A data structure that uses points. lines and polygons to represent geographic features. Attributes are associated with each feature (as opposed to a raster data structure, which associates attributes with grid cells).
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Topography
- The graphic representation of the surface features of a region on a map, indicating their relative positions and elevations.