To better understand the challenges facing the Alcovy River, let's take a tour of its watershed. A watershed is all of the land area that drains to a waterbody. The Alcovy River's watershed is made up of 284-square miles of land ranging from well-developed areas with shopping centers and homes, to pasture land used for grazing cattle, to farmland where crops are raised, to rural neighborhoods. The pictures in this section will help you get a better idea of what I mean.

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