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Lake Erie is the smallest of the Great Lakes in volume and is exposed to the greatest effects from urbanization and agriculture. ... The average depth of Lake Erie is only about 62 feet with the deepest part being 210 feet. ... Because of its fertile soils, the basin is intensively farmed and is the most densely populated of the five lake basins.
Lake Erie first made the national news in reference to pollution in June of 1969, when the Cuyahoga River, flowing through Cleveland, Ohio, on it’s way to Lake Erie, caught on fire because it was so polluted. ...
Water pollution is defined as a change in the chemical, physical and biological health of a waterway due to human activity. There are numerous ways that humans have affected Lake Erie over the centuries including sewage disposal, toxic contamination through heavy metals and pesticides, overdevelopment of the water’s edge, runoff from agriculture and urbanization, and air pollution.
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