Panola Mountain, Georgia: A Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets Program Site
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Abstract
The Panola Mountain Research Watershed (PMRW) is a 41-hectare forested watershed in the southern Piedmont physiographic province near Atlanta, Georgia. The watershed contains a naturally regenerated second-growth forest on abandoned agricultural land, typical of the Piedmont. Research at PMRW has focused on how streamflow is generated, and in particular, on how water and solutes move from hillslopes to the stream. The research shows that streamflow and solute concentrations of precipitation, throughfall, soil water and streamwater change rapidly during rainstorms. Furthermore, these variations are strongly associated with the soil-moisture conditions, the soil type and thickness, and the rainfall intensity, all of which effect the chemical interactions and mixing of water traveling along hydrological pathways over and through the bedrock and soils.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Panola Mountain, Georgia: A Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets Program Site |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| Series number | 162-99 |
| DOI | 10.3133/fs16299 |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Contributing office(s) | New England Water Science Center, South Atlantic Water Science Center |
| Description | 1 folded sheet ([4] p.) : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cm. col. ill., col. map ; |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| Other Geospatial | Panola Mountain |
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