Studying the Environment Ecosystem Analysis

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Studying the Environment Ecosystem Analysis

• The Charles River Watershed
• River Status, Water Quality and Evidence of Human
  Impacts

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George G. Smith (1795-1878)Boston,
1855 Notice Proposed Street Layout for Back Bay
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Rand McNally and Co.Chicago, 1891 From Rand
McNally's Indexed Atlas of the World, this map's
primary purpose was to guide modern businessmen
in their day-to-day travels through the city
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Massachusetts Watersheds Drainage Basins of the
Commonwealth
Boston Harbor
Cape Cod Bay
Charles River Watershed
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Massachusetts Bay
Charles River Watershed
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Buzzards Bay
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Brooks within the Charles River Watershed
Alder Brook, Clematis Brook, Horse Brook, Mother
Brook, South Meadow Brook, Beaver Brook, Cress
Brook, Huckleberry Brook, Muddy River, Stall
Brook, Davis Brook, Hurd Brook, Noanet Brook,
Stony Brook, Dirty Meadow, Indian Brook,
Powissett Brook, Bogastow Brook, Dix Brook, Iron
Mine Brook, Reserved Channel, Stop River, Bogle
Brook, Dopping Brook, Jar Brook, Rock Meadow
Trout Brook, Boulder Brook, Eagle Brook, Lowder
Brook, Rosemary Brook, Uncas Brook, Fort Point
Mill Brook, Sawmill Brook, Vine Brook, Fuller
Brook, Mill River, Seaverns Brook, Waban Brook,
,Cherry Brook, Godfrey Brook, Miller Brook,
Sewall Brook, Chester Brook, Hobbs Brook, Mine
Brook, Chicken Brook, Hopping Brook, Miscoe
Brook, Shepards Brook
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Charles River Watershed
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• Charles River Watershed
• 308 sq. miles
• 80 brooks and streams
• 33 lakes and ponds mostly man-made
• 80 mile long river
• abundant wetlands
• used by Native Americans for transport and
  fishing
• 20 dams for powering industry
• closed to ocean at eastern terminus via 1908 dam
  creating Charles River Basing

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Charles River Boston Cambridge/Somerville and
Inner Harbor
Boston Inner Harbor
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Downtown Boston and the Charles River
Charles River Dam
Emerson College
Esplanade
Boston Common
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Boston Public Gardens
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Charles River/Esplanade Study Site
Study Areas
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