A basin—or watershed—is all the land area that drains to a body of water.Visit the Lake Champlain Basin Atlas to learn more →
Watch more of the Clean Water Commitment series to learn about phosphorus and the TMDL for Lake Champlain →
Watch more Diving In videos to learn how people are helping to protect the Lake Champlain Basin →
The Memorial Day weekend storm dumped over a foot of snow on Mount Mansfield (pictured) and almost three feet on Whiteface in New York’s Adirondacks. All that snow and rain quickly brought Lake Champlain water levels up more than two feet.