A factor in determining the carrying capacity of a city's environment is the water resources available to meet city needs. This is assuming this is one of the following city needs in this question. This is the only answer that pertains to the environment.
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Watershed is probabley the answer you are looking for
A line segment on a graph would be any line that isn't continuous. It would have dots on the ends instead of arrows. Is that what you're asking?