GEOG 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Epilimnion, Hypolimnion, Thermocline
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Steep channel when you drive on niagara on the lake. Niagara escarpment, sudden drop in elevation between lake erie and lake ontario. Lakes in canada, 60% of the worlds lakes exist here. Fluctuations of the water level, goes up and down: lakes: introduction. Small lakes are short lived, because of decaying material and erosion (what"s happening at the bottom of the lake assuming there is no change in climate). In canada there are hundreds or thousands of lakes, most of them are small lakes. If you have a large lake during the summer, the temperature is different from top to bottom. Depth of water has some effect on what we observe on some of the lakes. (diagram) First one on the left is lake superior, small drop in elevation between lake superior the two lakes michigan and huron. Height above sea level of lake superior is about 75 meters.
