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A Historical Geography Of Lake Kampeska In The City Of Watertown, South Dakota, Joanita M. Kant
A Historical Geography Of Lake Kampeska In The City Of Watertown, South Dakota, Joanita M. Kant
Geography Faculty Publications
Many alterations in the hydrology of Lake Kampeska began with the arrival of masses of Anglo settlers in the 1870s. Why the lake has been altered is a complex issue linked to various natural physical processes which would have occurred even without the introduction of those settlers into the ecosystem. Those processes include weather, climate, sedimentation rates, lakebank erosion, chemical and mineral transport from soils, and flooding, among others. Besides those natural physical processes, mankind’s cultural processes have been at work. Disturbances in the lake’s hydrology are linked to land use changes associated with cultural values, such as the introduction …