Great Lakes - Mississippi Watershed Divide - Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, WI, USA
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N 45° 56.649 W 089° 01.597
16T E 342917 N 5089839
A sign marking the divide of two of the largest "sub-watersheds" in North America
Waymark Code: WMYJZD
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 06/22/2018
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This sign is located along State Highway 70 in northern Wisconsin. The location is within the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. The spot supposed sits on the watershed divide, with the Great Lakes watershed (covering 201,460 sq mi in additional to land covered by the St Lawrence River) to the east and the Mississippi River watershed (covering 1,245,000 sq mi) to the west. Both of those fall withing the much larger Atlantic watershed, the largest watershed in North America (covering 2,250,000 sq mi).
The sign reads:
WATERSHED DIVIDE
(LEFT)
RAIN AND SNOW FALLING ON THIS SIDE FLOWS EAST INTO FRANKLIN AND BUTTERNUT LAKES DOWN THE PINE AND MENOMINEE RIVERS INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND OUT THE ST. LAWRENCE INTO THE ATLANTIC
(RIGHT)
RAIN AND SNOW FALLING ON THIS SIDE FLOWS WEST AND SOUTH DOWN THE WISCONSIN AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS AND OUT INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO
WATER IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE PRODUCTS OF YOUR NATIONAL FORESTS.
THIS DIVIDE IS THE SOURCE OF MANY STREAMS FLOWING FROM THE NICOLET. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE NATION DEPEND ON NATIONAL FOREST WATERSHEDS FOR LIFEGIVING STREAMS OF CLEAN, CLEAR WATER.
NICOLET NATIONAL FOREST
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