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Drainage basin control of acid loadings to two Adirondack lakes
Author(s) -
Booty W. G.,
DePinto J. V.,
Scheffe R. D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr024i007p01024
Subject(s) - watershed , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , groundwater , drainage basin , drainage , structural basin , streams , overburden , geology , geography , ecology , geomorphology , geotechnical engineering , computer network , cartography , machine learning , computer science , biology
Two adjacent Adirondack Park (New York) calibrated watersheds (Woods Lake and Cranberry Pond), which receive identical atmospheric inputs, generate significantly different unit area of watershed loading rates of acidity to their respective lakes. A watershed acidification model is used to evaluate the watershed parameters which are responsible for the observed differences in acid loadings to the lakes. The greater overall mean depth of overburden on Woods Lake watershed, which supplies a greater buffer capacity as well as a longer retention time of groundwater, appears to be the major factor responsible for the differences.