What's the Difference between the Watershed and the Basin?
The CHOCORUA LAKE WATERSHED has the usual definition. In the case of Chocorua Lake it is the area of about 13 square miles where a drop of water would eventually run into lake, if it didn't evaporate first or get trapped by a local low point like Heron Pond.
For planning purposes the CHOCORUA LAKE BASIN was defined as the area "bounded by the Albany town line on the north, Washington Hill Road on the east, the southerly reaches of Heavenly Hill (east of Route 16) on the south, and the junction of Fowler's Mill Road [now Chocorua Lake Road] and Philbrick Neighborhood Road on the west." ("Chocorua Conservation over the Years," Chocorua Lake Conservation Foundation, 1993.)