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Estimating Nutrient Loading:

How much phosphorus and nitrogen are in this river basin?

The map below shows a river basin and its drainage subareas. The land use and area for each subarea are as follows:

Subarea

Use

Area, km2

1

Agriculture

1.81

2

Mostly urban

1.63

3

Forest

2.5

4

Mostly urban

.77

5

Mostly urban

.77

6

Mostly forest

.90

7

Mostly agriculture

.92

8

Mixed

.10

9

Mixed

.20

10

Mostly urban

.15

Based on your calculations of nutrient contribution from each subarea, which subarea is contributing the highest amount of nutrients to the river?

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