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Flowing water from
groundwater seep
pictured in Figure 3.39
FIGURE 3.40
Surface water from groundwater seep in the Rouge watershed. (Photo by Daniel T. Rogers.)
Lake surface
(A) Lake
discharging to
groundwater
(B) Groundwater
discharging to lake
Lake surface
(C) Lake
discharging to
groundwater and
groundwater
discharging to lake
Lake surface
FIGURE 3.41
Lake-groundwater interaction.
groundwater, scenario B represents a lake receiving groundwater, and scenario C repre-
sents both water loss and water gain from groundwater to a lake.
In natural lakes not controlled by dams, the water level does not change as rapidly as the
water level in streams and rivers, where it may fluctuate widely in response to large rain
events. Evaporation affects the water levels of lakes more than streams and rivers because
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