| The Heinz Center's State of the Nation's
Ecosystems |
| ecosystem: |
Freshwater |
| indicator Name: |
Extent of Freshwater Ecosystems: Ponds, Lakes
and Reservoirs |
| page # in printed report: |
139 |
| location on page: |
middle-upper |
| data source: |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands
Inventory (NWI); Coverage: lower 48 states. Lake area does not include
the Great Lakes, which cover about 60.2 million acres within the United
States. |
| notes: |
please see technical notes for further details
on accessing these data from their original source; this data table
comes from a specific graphic in The State of the Nation's Ecosystems
report (www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems) |