The Physical Geography of Wisconsin

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Human amplified changes in precipitation–runoff patterns in large river basins of the Midwestern United States

“…Most of the dams in our study basins are small and were constructed in the late 1800s and early 1900s (Barnes, 1997;Delong, 2005;Graf, 1999;Hyden, 2010;Lian et al, 2012;Martin, 1965;Stoner et al, 1993; United States Army Corps of Engineers, 2016). Therefore, the effects of these dams would have been established well before our study period.…”

Precipitation-runoff relations and water-quality characteristics at edge-of-field stations, Discovery Farms and Pioneer Farm, Wisconsin, 2003-8

“…The southwest section is part of the unglaciated or Driftless Area of Wisconsin, where the landscape is typified by relatively flat ridges and valleys separated by steep hillslopes (Martin, 1965;Schmidt, 1987;Walker andKrug, 2003, Juckem andothers, 2008). Ridge soils are typically clayey, hillslope soils are typically sandy, and valley soils are typically loamy.…”

Simulation of the regional groundwater-flow system of the Menominee Indian Reservation, Wisconsin

“…The Menominee Indian Reservation is in part of two different physiographic regions of Wisconsin (Martin, 1965). The northwestern two-thirds is in the Northern Highlands region, which is characterized by mixed glacial till of the most recent glacial epoch.…”