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Table 1. Oxygen-18 content of lakes and rivers G2 



2. Deuterium content of lakes and rivers 3 



3. Tritium content of lakes and rivers 3 



4. Moreau River at Bixby, S. Dak., showing changes in chemical composition of a stream in a semiarid region.. 4 



5. Mayo River near Price, N.C 5 



6-43. Analyses of water: 



6. From the St. Lawrence River basin 12 



7. From the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River 12 



8. From the Atlantic Coast drainage in Canada 13 



9. From the Atlantic Coast drainage in the northern United States 13 



10. From the Atlantic Coast drainage in the southern United States 13 



11. From the eastern tributaries of the Gulf of Mexico 14 



12. From the Ohio River, main stem 14 



13. From the Ohio drainage of the Mississippi system 14 



14. From the northwestern part of the Mississippi system 15 



15. From the lower Mississippi River and its tributaries 15 



16. From the Rio Grande and its tributaries 16 



17. From west Texas and Mexico 16 



18. From the Colorado River system and the Sacramento River 16 



19. From the Basin-Range province and adjacent closed basins 17 



20. From the Devil's Lake basin, North Dakota 17 



21. From concentrated lakes in British Columbia ._ 17 



22. From closed lakes of Saskatchewan 18 



23. From the Columbia River system 18 



24. Some other northwestern waters 19 



25. Alaskan waters 19 



26. From the Mackenzie drainage 20 



27. From the Hudson Bay drainage 21 



28. From lakes in continental west Greenland 21 



29. From Portugal 22 



30. From Shropshire meres, England 22 



31. Miscellaneous, from England 22 



32. From Scotland 22 



33. From western Ireland 22 



34. From rivers in Britain 23 



35. From west Europe 23 



36. From the Rhine and the Elbe and their tributaries 24 



37. From Central Europe 24 



38. From Estonia, Sweden, and Norway 24 



39. River water from the U.S.S.R 24 



40. Further, river water from the U.S.S.R 25 



41. Miscellaneous lake waters from the U.S.S.R 25 



42. From Crimean salt lakes 25 



43. From Kazakhstan 26 



44. Average ionic composition of river water in the territory of the U.S.S.R 26 



45-74. Analyses of water: 



45. From Akita Prefecture, Japan __ 26 



46. From the Kanto districts, Japan 27 



47. Miscellaneous, from Japan 28 



48. From southeast Asia 28 



49. From India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan 29 



50. From Iran and Turkey 29 



51. From the Dead Sea system 30 



52. Some lake waters from New Zealand 30 



53. From the Northeastern Highland, Victoria 30 



54. From saline streams in western Victoria 30 



55. From Tasmania 30 



56. Reservoir waters from South Australia 31 



57. Miscellaneous, from Australia 31 



58. From the Nile system 32 



