Follow water from a watershed to the coast. Compare rivers, wetlands, shorelines, and coastal change.
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statewide · 2000s
Trace areas where rainwater flows toward the same river or coast.
Can a watershed cross a state border?
Compare the map’s creator, date, purpose, scale, and missing information with a second map. Explain what changed and what stayed connected.
statewide · 2000s
Follow waterways through towns and across the state.
Which river carries water away from your area?
Compare the map’s creator, date, purpose, scale, and missing information with a second map. Explain what changed and what stayed connected.
statewide · 2000s
Examine the edges of the mainland, Cape Cod, and offshore islands.
Which coast has the most bays and inlets?
Compare the map’s creator, date, purpose, scale, and missing information with a second map. Explain what changed and what stayed connected.
statewide · 2000s
Locate mapped marshes, swamps, and other wetland areas.
How do wetlands connect land and water?
Compare the map’s creator, date, purpose, scale, and missing information with a second map. Explain what changed and what stayed connected.
Compare shoreline positions along the Massachusetts coast.
Where has the shoreline moved, and in which direction?
Open the official map resource ↗Explore how different water levels could affect coastal places.
Which low areas connect to the ocean?
Open the official map resource ↗Explore ocean resources, coastal habitats, and human uses of the sea.
Where might fishing, shipping, and habitats overlap?
Open the official map resource ↗Sources checked September 23, 2026. Open the source for current programs, hours, access, and map updates. Historical maps may contain outdated language or incomplete representations of Native homelands.