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Environmental Science Lab
Study for Lab Practical
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 1
04/27/2007

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Term
riparian forest
Definition
along the river bank and subject to periodic flooding
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Upland Mesophytic forest
Definition
most diverse community type; moist but well-drained and located on the slopes above the river
Term
upland oak-hickory-pine forest
Definition
on the drier ridges and more subject to natural fires
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Chestatee
Definition
Cherokee word meaning "pine torch place" or "place of lights"; river beginning at the confluence of Dick's creek and frogtown creek; tributary of the Chattahoochee River and empties in to the watercourse as it flows into Lake Lanier
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Etowah
Definition
River flows toward the west and empties into the Coosa River in Rome;
eventually converges with Alabama River system
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River Birch
Definition
peeling, satiny bark and salmon pink trunk
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