https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f Made with charm en-us 2020-11-13 01:40:23 UTC 2020-11-13 01:54:06 UTC hello@padlet.com cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919046454 2020-11-13 01:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919046454 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919046751 2020-11-13 01:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919046751 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919047500  “The Mississippi originates in the area of northwestern Minnesota, as it flows down it receives water from other rivers such as the St. Croix. The Mississippi travels south for 2,530 miles until it reaches its final destination at its Delta. This river's Delta is characterized by it alluvial deposition in deep waters.”]]> 2020-11-13 01:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919047500 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919048060 “Width. At Lake Itasca, the river is between 20 and 30 feet wide, the narrowest stretch for its entire length. The widest part of the Mississippi can be found at Lake Winnibigoshish near Bena, MN, where it is wider than 11 miles.”]]> 2020-11-13 01:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919048060 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919051162 “The source of Mississippi River is Lake Itasca. Lake Itasca is a glacial lake which approximately measures 4.7 km2. Lake Itasca is situated in the southeastern region of the Clearwater County in north-central Minnesota.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919051162 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919051535 “As the nation's second-longest river, behind only the conjoining Missouri, the Mississippi provides drinking water for millions and supports a $12.6 billion shipping industry, with 35,300 related jobs. It's one of the greatest water highways on earth, carrying commerce and food for the world.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919051535 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919052574 2020-11-13 01:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919052574 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919052922 “It has an average depth (with its seas) of 10,925 feet (3,300 metres) and a maximum depth of 27,493 feet (8,380 metres) in the Puerto Rico Trench, north of the island of Puerto Rico. The ocean's breadth from east to west varies considerably.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919052922 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919053349 “Atlantic Ocean, body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of Earth's surface and separating the continents of Europe and Africa to the east from those of North and South America to the west. The ocean's name, derived from Greek mythology, means the “Sea of Atlas.” It is second in size to the Pacific Ocean.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919053349 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919053790 “The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceans, with an area of about 106,460,000 km². It covers approximately 20 percent of Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area. It separates the "Old World" from the "New World"”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919053790 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919054189 “The wide range of salinities in the North Atlantic is caused by the asymmetry of the northern subtropical gyre and the large number of contributions from a wide range of sources: Labrador Sea, Norwegian-Greenland Sea, Mediterranean, and South Atlantic Intermediate Water.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919054189 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919054713 “The nation uses the Mid-Atlantic's dynamic ocean environment for numerous activities including fishing, transportation, sand and gravel mining, national security activities, telecommunications, scientific research, tourism, recreation, and more.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919054713 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919055545 2020-11-13 01:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919055545 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919055797 2020-11-13 01:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919055797 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919056067 “Lake Tahoe geography is what knits together the incredibly beautiful mountains, forests, rivers, and, of course, lakes of the basin and its surroundings. The history of Lake Tahoe began a short two to three million years ago with geologic block faulting.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919056067 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919056577 Area 122,616 acres, Volume 36.15 cubic miles

]]> 2020-11-13 01:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919056577 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919056931 “Although it is commonly believed that Lake Tahoe is volcanic in origin, the Lake Tahoe Basin was actually formed by geologic block faulting 25 million years ago. Uplifted blocks created the Carson Range on the east and the Sierra Nevada Range on the west. Down-dropped blocks created the Lake Tahoe Basin in between.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919056931 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919057540  “While Lake Tahoe is a natural lake, it is also used for water storage by the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (TCID). The lake level is controlled by Lake Tahoe Dam built in 1913 at the lake's only outlet, the Truckee River, at Tahoe City.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919057540 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919058277 2020-11-13 01:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919058277 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919058503 2020-11-13 01:48:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919058503 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919058791  “For its first approximately 150 miles (241 kilometers) in the United States, the Columbia forms the reservoir behind Grand Coulee Dam. The river then bends west, south and east through central Washington, turns south and then west, and forms the border between Oregon and Washington to the Pacific Ocean.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919058791 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919059257 “The total length of the river is about 1,243 miles (about 2,000 kilometers). The drainage basin covers 259,000 square miles (670,810 square kilometers), approximately the size of France, drains portions of seven states and British Columbia, and covers three degrees of latitude and nine degrees of longitude.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919059257 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919059669 “The Columbia flows from its source in Columbia Lake, at an elevation of 2,700 feet (820 metres), in British Columbia near the crest of the Rocky Mountains, to the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Oregon. For the first 190 miles (305 km), its course is northwesterly.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919059669 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919059977 “In short, the Columbia River Basin is an essential reason for the Northwest being a dynamic and highly prosperous region within the nation and the world. Hydropower, flood control, irrigation, navigation and recreation are specific benefits that the uniqueness of the Basin and its river system provide.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919059977 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919060892 2020-11-13 01:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919060892 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919061192 2020-11-13 01:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919061192 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919061428 “Lake Superior is 350 miles (563 km) long (east to west), and its greatest width is 160 miles (258 km) from north to south. It has a mean surface elevation of 600 feet (180 metres) above sea level and a maximum depth of 1,332 feet (406 metres).”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919061428 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919061821 Area 20,287,963 acres, Volume 2,903 cubic miles

]]> 2020-11-13 01:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919061821 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919062319 “Lake Superior receives water from approximately 200 rivers, of which the largest are the Nipigon (from the north) and the St. Louis (from the west). Other principal rivers entering the north shore are the Pigeon, Kaministiquia, Pic, White, and Michipicoten.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919062319 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919062461 “Lake Superior has been an important link in the Great Lakes Waterway, providing a route for the transportation of iron ore as well as grain and other mined and manufactured materials. Large cargo vessels called lake freighters, as well as smaller ocean-going freighters, transport these commodities across Lake Superior.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919062461 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919064743 2020-11-13 01:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919064743 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919065269 2020-11-13 01:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919065269 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919065865 “Puget Sound is a sound of the Pacific Northwest, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea. It is located along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington.”

]]> 2020-11-13 01:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919065865 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919066603 2020-11-13 01:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919066603 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919066953 Deschutes River, Nisqually River, Puyallup River, Duwamish River, Cedar River, Snohomish River, Stillaguamish River, Skagit River, Skokomish River]]> 2020-11-13 01:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919066953 cummidex000 https://padlet.com/cummidex000/m839d7dre96r357f/wish/919067173  “Humans have long relied on the Puget Sound watershed for healthy food and clean water and the other services it provides. Puget Sound supports a large part of our state's economy and provides vital recreational, spiritual, and other essential quality of life benefits.”

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