On the Lakes of Southeastern Wisconsin (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The scientific aspect of the lakes is no less important. Basins capable of containing water are so numerous and so diverse in character as to form a constant allurement to the study of the geological history of the state, especially of that part of its his tory when most of the state was covered with ice.

The immediate purpose of this report is educational. It is in accordance with this purpose that the report is issued as the second in a series of educational bulletins. That lakes form a. Large part of the natural scenery of Wisconsin is sufficient rea son why they should be utilized in the work of teaching. In addition to their own importance as lakes, they Show valuable analogies to the work of the ocean. The same forces and pro cesses are at work here with the exception of those involved in tides. The same forms are produced and their relations are more clearly seen because their dimensions are smaller.

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