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The Illinois Headwaters: an inventory of the region's resources
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| Title: | The Illinois Headwaters: an inventory of the region's resources |
| Subject(s): |
Ecosystem management --Illinois
Wetland ecology --Illinois Natural resources surveys --Illinois Conservation of natural resources --Illinois Environmental protection --Illinois Natural resources conservation areas --Illinois Ecology --Illinois. |
| Geographic Coverage: | Illinois |
| Abstract: | Just as the Grand Prairie -- Illinois' namesake landscape -- was the heart of the continent's "Prairie Peninsula," so the Headwaters area of east central Illinois is the heart of the Grand Prairie. It is one of the flattest parts of the state and is characterized by glacial topography, with the flat areas separated by glacial moraines that serve as drainage divides. This causes water to flow downhill in most directions, giving rise to six major streamsthe Vermilion, Embarras, Sangamon, Mackinaw, Kaskaskia, and Little Vermilion rivers-that together drain almost a third of the state. As used here, the "Headwaters" refers to an area centered in Champaign, Ford, and Vermilion counties, and sprawling across parts of seven other counties. |
| Issue Date: | 1997 |
| Publisher: | Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources |
| Series/Report: | Critical Trends Assessment Program |
| Genre: | Report (Grant or Annual) |
| Type: | Text |
| Language: | English |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14151 |
| Publication Status: | published or submitted for publication |
| Rights Information: | These documents are a product of the Illinois state scientific surveys and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and has been selected and made available by the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They are intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested. |
| Date Available in IDEALS: | 2009-11-03 |
| Identifier in Online Catalog: | 4126464 |
| OCLC Identifier: | (OCoLC)ocm39513964 |
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