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The Great Lakes : an environmental atlas and resource book / jointly produced by: Government of Canada and United States Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office.

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Format:
Book
Government document
Contributor:
Canada. Environment Canada. Ontario Region, issuing body.
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Great Lakes National Program Office, issuing body.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Great Lakes Region (North America)--Environmental conditions.
Great Lakes Region (North America).
Great Lakes Region (North America)--History.
Geology--Great Lakes Region (North America).
Geology.
Ecology.
Great Lakes Region.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (46 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), photographs
Edition:
Third edition.
Other Title:
Environmental atlas and resource book
Place of Publication:
Toronto, Ontario : Government of Canada ; Chicago, Illinois : United States Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office, 1995.
Summary:
"The Great Lakes - Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario - are an important part of the physical and cultural heritage of North America. Spanning more than 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) from west to east, these vast inland freshwater seas have provided water for consumption, transportation, power, recreation and a host of other uses"--Introduction, p. 3.
Contents:
Introduction: the Great Lakes
Natural processes in the Great Lakes
People and the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes today
concerns
Joint management of the Great Lakes
New directions for the Great Lakes community
Glossary
Conversion table (metric to imperial values)
References and suggestions for further reading.
Notes:
"EPA 905-B-95-001"--Label on page 1 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EPA, viewed November 9, 2020).
Other Format:
Print version: Great Lakes.
Microfiche version: Canada. Environment Canada. Great Lakes, an environmental atlas and resource book -- 3d ed.
Great Lakes :
OCLC:
1048751520

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