词条 | Ridge and swale |
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Great Lakes ridge and swaleFreshwater ridge-and-swale ecosystems are globally rare and found only in parts of the Great Lakes of North America.[3] They were formed as a result of the gradual retreat of beaches due to falling water levels and post-glacial rebound.[4] The swales and the adjoining lake or river commonly form a single hydrological unit, so that rising or falling lake levels will cause water levels in the swales to rise or fall as well.[5] Most ridge-and-swale landscapes have been destroyed as a result of the massive industrial development found in many former ridge-and-swale areas, such as the Calumet Region of Northwest Indiana.[6] However, some extensive dune-and-swale complexes persist in Michigan, such as at the Michigan Wilderness State Park. The remaining dune-and-swale complexes along the Great Lakes are often home to extremely rare plants and animals, such as the endangered Karner Blue butterfly. In the Calumet Region, the difficulty of moving equipment through dune-and-swale topography greatly slowed industrial development, but could not stop it after the turn of the 20th century.{{sfn|Schoon|2016|p=60}} The few remnants are preserved as nature preserves, including the Gibson Woods county park in Hessville, the Miller Woods section of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and additional preserves operated by The Nature Conservancy and Shirley Heinze Land Trust.{{sfn|Schoon|2016|pp=246-252}} Works cited
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_74DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA9|title=Shifting Sands: The Restoration of the Calumet Area}} References1. ^{{Cite book|title=Geomorphic Analysis of River Systems|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1118305442|isbn=1118305442|authors=Kirstie A. Fryirs, Gary J. Brierley|year=2012 }} 2. ^{{Cite book|title=The Nature of the Outer Banks|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0807872377|isbn=0807872377|author=Dirk Frankenberg|year= 2012 }} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CZIC-qh88-5-c66-1993/html/CZIC-qh88-5-c66-1993.htm|accessdate=2017-11-21|year=1993|author1=Patrick Comer|author2=Dennis Albert|title=A Survey of Wooded Dune and Swale Complexes in Michigan}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/communities/community.cfm?id=10679|accessdate=2017-11-21|work=Michigan Natural Features Inventory|title=Michigan's Natural Communities:Wooded Dune and Swale Complex}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.nature.org/cs/groups/webcontent/@web/@michigan/documents/document/prd_017811.pdf?redirect=https-301|publisher=The Nature Conservancy|accessdate=2017-11-21|title=Dune and Swale Factsheet}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url= https://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/indiana/placesweprotect/ivanhoe-dune.xml|title=Ivanhoe Dune & Swale|accessdate=2017-11-21|publisher=The Nature Conservancy}} External links
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