Know
Your Lake
Find
Your Lake
It
is important to identify your lake on a map. Not only can you use
the map to delineate the watershed upstream of your lake (instruction are
in the Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Manual), but also you can determine the longitude
and latitude of your sampling sites. Longitude and latitude are required
if your group decides to enter their data (see Build
a data set) in the The Great North American Secchi Dip-In website or
the Georgia EPD data base. Map Coordinates can be determined
from the following website: http://topozone.com,
or from a USGS topographic map of your area (see http://www.epa.gov/adopt/patch/latlong.pdf
for help on determining map coordinates). Also be sure you know the
"official name for your lake (if it has one). Go to: http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl/
or http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form
Learn
About Your Watershed
The
watershed for your lake lies within a larger watershed. To find out
more about this larger watershed (or drainage basin) go to the U.S.
EPA's "Surf Your Watershed" and USGS
Water Quality Data Warehouse
This page was created
and is maintained by Dr.
Joseph M. Dirnberger , (click to send me e-mail) at
The
School of Science and Mathematics, Kennesaw
State University, Kennesaw, GA 30144.
