EARTHSC 2WW3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8-10: Smog, Opengl Shading Language, Canadian Hydrographic Service
24 Mar 2017
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Great lakes- chapter 8-10: basic info about lakes (e. g. depth, shallow, retention time, location, gl is the largest system of fresh, surface water on earth, contains 18% of worlds supply. R etention time: a measure based on the volume of water in the lake and the mean rate outflow. Retention time of 191 year: most of the basin is forested, little agriculture because of a cool climate and poor soils. Entirely in usa: most productive great lake fisheries, northern part in the colder, less developed upper gl region, among most urbanized area, home to about 20% of the total population. Receives wastes form worlds largest concentration of pulp paper mills. The saginaw river basin: intensively farmed and contains the flint and. Except for a narrow band along the lake, u. s. shore: less urbanized and is not intensively farmed. 360 chemical compounds have been found in the gl. Lake michigan: wastes from largest concentration of pulp and paper mills.
