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Regulation of Water Levels in the Great Lakes
Author(s) -
Lawhead Harley F.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1965.tb01454.x
Subject(s) - salient , water level , environmental science , environmental resource management , geography , cartography , archaeology
Some knowledge of the Great Lakes system as a whole is essential to an understanding of the possibilities (and limitations) of reducing the extremes of lake levels. This article, therefore, first indicates salient features of the system, then discusses variations in the lake levels, and finally examines the problem of regulating the lake levels.