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KONTANA STATE LIBRARY 



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SECTION A'ouM^SS^uvis) 2 



What Is a Watershed? 2 

 Watersheds, Geology, & Climate 3-4 



Features 5-7 



« 7nni Stream "Personality" 8-9 



How Healthy Streams Work 10-11 



What Shapes a Stream 12-13 



Stream Types 14-17 



A Final Word 

 Stream Words 

 Credits 



Acknowledgments 



Cooperative Funding 



Montana Fish, Wildlife 

 & Parks 



Montana Dqjartment of 

 Environmental Quality 



Montana Department of 

 Natural Resources 

 & Conservation 



Montana Riparian & 

 Wetland Association 



U.S. Environmental 

 Protection Agency 



U.S. Forest Service 

 Northern Region 



Project Sponsors 



Montana Association of 

 Conservation Districts 



Montana Department of 

 Environmental Quality 



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