Crime statistics are compiled from UCR data and published annually by the FBI in the Crime in the United States series. The FBI does not collect the data itself. Rather, law enforcement agencies across the United States provide the data to the FBI, which then compiles the Reports.
Watershed Analysis. A watershed is the area of land where all of the water that falls in it and drains off of it goes into the same place or common outlet. A watershed is also defined by topographic divides between two or more adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
A watershed is an area of land from which all water drains, running downhill, to a shared destination-a river, pond, stream, lake, or estuary. A watershed is a catchment basin that is bound by topographic features, such as ridge tops. A watershed has three primary functions.