Sailboat A Drift

by Kay Novy

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Sailboat A Drift

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Kay Novy

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Photograph - Photography

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Photograph of Lake Michigan in the Kenosha, Wisconsin areal

Lake Michigan, by volume, is the second largest Great Lake and the only one located totally within the United States. The northern part is in the colder less developed upper Great Lakes region. It is sparsely populated, except for the Fox River Valley, and is primarily covered with mixed wood forest. The more temperate southern basin of Lake Michigan is the most urbanized area in the Great Lakes system; it contains the Milwaukee and Chicago metropolitan areas. Southern-soils are typically fertile and amenable to agriculture.
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Lake Michigan has unique conditions that support a wealth of biological diversity, including many plant and animal species found nowhere else in the world. Lake Michigan basin's sand dunes, coastal marshes, tall grass prairies, savannas, forests, and fens all provide essential habitats for this diversity of life. Agricultural and industrial products such as iron ore, coal, limestone, metals, petroleum, coke, and chemicals are derived from the basin's resources. The water of Lake Michigan serves many purposes. It supports large commercial and sport fishing industries. It provides industrial process and cooling water, and water for agricultural irrigation. Fleets of freighters pass over the Lake carrying bulk commerce items. Lake Michigan serves as a source of drinking water, as a place for swimming and fishing, as a scenic wonderland, and as a sink for municipal and industrial waste and runoff from the surrounding lands.

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December 13th, 2013

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