Champlain Valley watershed

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The Champlain Valley watershed is the drainage basin that channels water from surrounding highlands, including New York’s Adirondacks and Vermont’s Green Mountains, into Lake Champlain and its connected rivers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Lake Champlain basin 4
Lake Champlain watershed 4

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
watershed
containsEcosystemType forests
lakeshore habitats
riverine habitats
wetlands
crossesPoliticalBoundary United States–Canada border NERFINISHED
drainagePattern dendritic
drainsInto Lake Champlain NERFINISHED
hasOutflow Lake Champlain NERFINISHED
hasPrimaryLandUse agriculture
forestry
urban development
hydrologicallyConnectedTo Richelieu River NERFINISHED
Saint Lawrence River watershed NERFINISHED
importantFor biodiversity conservation
drinking water supply
fisheries
recreation
includesWaterbody Lake Champlain NERFINISHED
includesWatercourse Ausable River NERFINISHED
Boquet River NERFINISHED
Chazy River NERFINISHED
LaPlatte River NERFINISHED
Lamoille River NERFINISHED
Missisquoi River NERFINISHED
Otter Creek NERFINISHED
Poultney River NERFINISHED
Saranac River NERFINISHED
Winooski River NERFINISHED
influences Lake Champlain water quality
locatedIn Champlain Valley NERFINISHED
New York NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

Vermont
managedBy Lake Champlain Basin Program NERFINISHED
monitoredBy state environmental agencies of New York
state environmental agencies of Vermont
partOf Lake Champlain Basin NERFINISHED
receivesRunoffFrom Adirondack Mountains NERFINISHED
Green Mountains NERFINISHED
subjectTo nonpoint source pollution
nutrient loading
phosphorus pollution

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hudson River watershed borderedBy Champlain Valley watershed
this entity surface form: Lake Champlain basin
Phelps Mountain drainage Champlain Valley watershed
this entity surface form: Lake Champlain basin
Tabletop Mountain drainage Champlain Valley watershed
this entity surface form: Lake Champlain watershed
Mount Marcy drainageBasin Champlain Valley watershed
Lake Champlain Valley drainedBy Champlain Valley watershed
this entity surface form: Lake Champlain watershed
Adirondack Park hydrological network hasOutflowTo Champlain Valley watershed
this entity surface form: Lake Champlain basin
Shoreham, Vermont isPartOfWatershed Champlain Valley watershed
this entity surface form: Lake Champlain basin
Hubbardton, Vermont locatedInWatershed Champlain Valley watershed
this entity surface form: Lake Champlain watershed
Town of Beekmantown locatedOnWaterbody Champlain Valley watershed
this entity surface form: Lake Champlain watershed