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NET BASIN SUPPLY [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

The net amount of water entering one of the Great Lakes, comprised as the precipitation onto the lake minus evaporation from the lake, plus groundwater and runoff from its local basin.

OBS

The net basin supply does not include inflow from another Great Lake.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Volume net d'eau qui entre dans un des Grands Lacs [et qui] correspond à la somme des précipitations qui tombent sur le lac, du volume des eaux souterraines et du ruissellement, moins la quantité d'eau qui s'évapore du lac.

OBS

Ne comprend pas le volume d’eau provenant d'un des autres Grands Lacs.

Spanish

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